Paï : l'Élue d'un peuple nouveau (2003)

Partager la citation sur facebook In the old days the land felt a great emptiness. It was waiting waiting. Waiting to be filled up. Waiting for someone to love it. Waiting for a leader. And he came on the back of a whale, the man to Iead a new peopIe. Our ancestor Paikea.

Partager la citation sur facebook My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs...

Partager la citation sur facebook There was no gladness when I was born.

Partager la citation sur facebook By being born I broke the line back to the ancient ones. It wasn't anybody's fault — it just happened.

Partager la citation sur facebook My Koro wished in his heart that I'd never been born. But he changed his mind.

Partager la citation sur facebook Why doesn't he want me?

Partager la citation sur facebook We can learn — and if the knowledge is given to everyone — then we can have lots of leaders, and soon everyone will be strong — not just the ones that have been chosen — because sometimes even if you're the leader and you need to be strong — you can get tired…

Partager la citation sur facebook I wasn't scared to die. Why though ?

Partager la citation sur facebook My name is Paikea Apirana and I come from a Iong Iine of chiefs stretching all the way back to the whale rider. I'm not a prophet, but I know that our peopIe will keep going forward all together, with all of our strength.

Partager la citation sur facebook When you extend your tongue...you're saying to your enemies.....I'm gonna eat you...your eyes will roll back...your head will be stuck on the end of my stick. FeeI the ihi...the power. Make them feeI the wehi...the fear. I want the hairs on the backs of their necks to stand up.

Partager la citation sur facebook Wise leader, forgive me. I am but a fledgling new to flight.

Partager la citation sur facebook Porourangi: Koro is just...he's just Iooking for something that doesn't exist anymore.

Partager la citation sur facebook Pai: A new leader? They exist.

Partager la citation sur facebook Porourangi: Yeah, they do, except I think it's become even more than that. In his head, your Koro, he needs a prophet.

Partager la citation sur facebook Pai: What's that?

Partager la citation sur facebook Porourangi: Well, somebody who's gonna Iead our peopIe out of the darkness and who'll make everything aIright again. OnIy probIem is you can't just decide who those peopIe are just because you want them to be, eh?

Partager la citation sur facebook Koro: You're going to Iearn that chant, all of you, Iearn it exactIy. And if you break the chant, you will suffer the utu. The consequences.

Partager la citation sur facebook Hemi: Like what? Someone dying or something?

Partager la citation sur facebook Koro: Like your dick'll drop off. So hold onto your dicks.

Partager la citation sur facebook One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future.

Partager la citation sur facebook In the ways of the Ancients, she found a hope for the future.

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