Cultural Activities

FREE SCREENING – WHALE RIDER

Bande-annonce

In partnership with the Arrondissement de Ville-Marie and the Sanaaq Cultural and Community Centre

Witi Ihimaera Retrospective

WHALE RIDER
Director: Niki Caro
2002
Aotearoa/New Zealand
101 min
English with French subtitles

SYNOPSIS

A Maori village faces a crisis when the heir to the leadership of the Ngati Konohi dies at birth and is survived only by his twin sister, Paikea. Though disregarded by her grandfather and shunned by the villagers, 12-year-old Paikea remains certain of her calling and trains herself in the customs of her people.

Based on the novel The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera.

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