A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Whale Rider is a Drama, Family film released in 2003.
11 subtitle releases available in English. 7 releases include Hearing Impaired (HI) subtitles.
Movie Dialogue Sample
Think about what? 202 00:25:16,726 --> 00:25:21,188 You coming to live with me for a while. 203 00:25:27,695 --> 00:25:30,655 What do ya think? 204 00:25:30,780 --> 00:25:33,491 Why doesn't he want me? 205 00:25:33,616 --> 00:25:37,871 Oh, Pai, it's not you. It's not even about you, in a way. 206 00:25:37,996 --> 00:25:43,208 Koro is just... he's just looking for something that doesn't exist anymore. 207 00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:47,463 A new leader? They exist. 208 00:25:47,546 --> 00:25:51,800 Yeah, they do, except I think... 209 00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:53,802 it's become even more than that. 210 00:25:53,886 --> 00:25:56,262 In his head, your koro, he needs a prophet. 211 00:25:56,345 --> 00:25:58,765 What's that? 212 00:26:02,352 --> 00:26:05,897 Well, somebody who's gonna lead our people outta the darkness... 213 00:26:06,022 --> 00:26:09,650 and who'll make everything all right again. 214 00:26:09,734 --> 00:26:15,655 Only problem is, you can't just decide who those people are just because you want them to be, eh? 215 00:26:15,739 --> 00:26:17,991 Like my brother? 216 00:26:24,455 --> 00:26:26,582 Yeah. 217 00:26:31,796 --> 00:26:36,300 Your koro made himself believe so strongly that he was gonna be the one. 218 00:26:36,384 --> 00:26:39,135 But what if he was? 219 00:26:45,225 --> 00:26:47,227 And what if he wasn't? 220 00:26:52,064 --> 00:26:54,274 You know, your koro, he did the same thing with me. 221 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,695 Is that why he's so hard on you? 222 00:26:57,820 --> 00:27:01,740 Yep. Pretty much. 223 00:27:03,450 --> 00:27:05,619 Because I can't be what he wants, eh? 224 00:27:08,538 --> 00:27:11,666 Me neither. 225 00:27:25,512 --> 00:27:29,141 You think about it, okay? 226 00:27:29,266 --> 00:27:32,811 You know you'd make me really happy if you'd come and stay with me. 227 00:27:34,812 --> 00:27:36,731 Mmm. 228 00:27:36,814 --> 00:27:39,108 Just think about it. 229 00:27:59,627 --> 00:28:02,504 - Ready, Pai? - One more go. 230 00:28:03,630 --> 00:28:05,966 You be good to that girl. 231 00:29:43,432 --> 00:29:45,392 That's right. You look. 232 00:29:49,604 --> 00:29:51,982 I'm gonna need all the firstborn boys. 233 00:29:52,065 --> 00:29:55,192 - It's time they learnt. - Learnt what? 234 00:29:55,276 --> 00:30:00,865 When she was born, that's when things went wrong for us. 235 00:30:00,990 --> 00:30:04,744 That's where we'll find the answer. 236 00:30:27,097 --> 00:30:29,850 You all right? 237 00:31:25,860 --> 00:31:28,321 Stop the car. 238 00:31:38,414 --> 00:31:41,375 Pai? 239 00:31:43,961 --> 00:31:47,547 What is it, Pai? 240 00:31:50,550 --> 00:31:52,510 Can we go home now? 241 00:31:52,635 --> 00:31:54,595 But why? What is it? What's wrong? 242 00:31:56,014 --> 00:32:00,809 - I have to go home. - Why? 243 00:32:00,892 --> 00:32:03,353 I just have to. 244 00:32:06,273 --> 00:32:09,568 I know. It's okay. 245 00:32:19,452 --> 00:32:22,204 There are some discussions about the... 246 00:32:22,330 --> 00:32:24,290 Paka! 247 00:32:24,415 --> 00:32:26,334 I'm back. 248 00:32:28,252 --> 00:32:30,378 Not now, Pai. 249 00:32:30,503 --> 00:32:35,091 But I'm back. I'm back. 250 00:32:37,802 --> 00:32:39,846 Anyway... 251 00:32:40,013 --> 00:32:43,599 where does that information come from? 252 00:32:43,724 --> 00:32:46,643 It comes from the books. 253 00:33:03,785 --> 00:33:07,914 - You shouldn't be smoking. - Tryin' to give up, aren't I? 254 00:33:09,415 --> 00:33:12,542 - How come you didn't go with your dad? - I did. 255 00:33:12,668 --> 00:33:17,756 Hmm. For one day. I would have gone. 256 00:33:17,923 --> 00:33:19,800 When my dad gets out, I'm gonna go with him. 257 00:33:19,925 --> 00:33:24,554 - Where? - Wherever. Get outta this dump. 258 00:33:24,638 --> 00:33:28,349 Koro's gonna be pissed off when he sees you smoking. 259 00:33:28,432 --> 00:33:30,476 No, he won't, 'cause he's not coming. 260 00:33:30,601 --> 00:33:34,146 - Is so. - No, he's getting the school ready. 261 00:33:34,271 --> 00:33:36,649 What school? 262 00:33:36,774 --> 00:33:39,776 For us fellas, to teach us the old ways and that. 263 00:33:39,901 --> 00:33:42,362 Probably gonna be stink. 264 00:33:45,281 --> 00:33:48,618 - You can come on the bus if you want. - I'm waiting for koro. 265 00:33:48,743 --> 00:33:51,538 - But he's not coming. - I said, "I'm waiting." 266 00:34:25,819 --> 00:34:29,656 - When you're ready. - When everyone's here, I'll be ready. 267 00:34:29,781 --> 00:34:32,743 They are here. Those boys have waited half an hour. 268 00:34:32,868 --> 00:34:35,286 You tell her you weren't going to pick her up? 269 00:34:35,369 --> 00:34:38,122 She could have come on the bus. 270 00:34:38,247 --> 00:34:42,793 You pick her up every day for years and she's just supposed to guess? 271 00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:59,225 Good. Let's go. 272 00:35:07,274 --> 00:35:10,778 Do the welcome, bub. 273 00:35:10,861 --> 00:35:13,238 Go on. 274 00:35:14,281 --> 00:35:16,200 What do you think you're doing? 275 00:36:22,052 --> 00
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