Jappeloup (2013)

7.1/10 130 min Drama

Overview

A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star Jappeloup and his troubled rider, locked in a tense relationship with his horseman father and forever uncertain of his own skills as an equestrian

Cast

Guillaume Canet

Pierre Durand

Marina Hands

Nadia Durand, wife of Pierre

Daniel Auteuil

Serge Durand, father of Pierre

Lou de Laâge

Raphaëlle Dalio, Jappeloup's groom

Tchéky Karyo

Marcel Rozier, French team coach

Jacques Higelin

Henry Dalio, first owner of Jappeloup

Marie Bunel

Arlette Durand, mother of Pierre

Joël Dupuch

Francis Lebail

Fred Epaud

Patrick Caron

Arnaud Henriet

Frédéric Cottier

Donald Sutherland

John Lester

Antoine Cholet

Hubert Bourdy

Benoît Petitjean

Éric Navet

Noah Huntley

Joe Fargis

James Flynn

John Lester's son

Marco Luraschi

Pierre Durand as a child

Sonia Ammar

Raphaëlle as a child

Jeffrey Noel

Gilles, groom

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