Plot
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
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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
Edmond Jonquères d'Oriola
Philippe Rozier
Benoît Petitjean
Éric Navet
Sébastien Cazorla
Michel Robert
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
Luc Bernard
French journalist in Los Angeles
Jean-Loup Horwitz
Mr. Bonnot, mayor of St Seurin
Philippe Canet
Charles Gouhot
Emmanuel Suarez
The mocking young horseman
Pascal Judelewicz
François Wolf, Pierre's associate
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
CEO of Luze
Xavier Alcan
Marketing director
Virginie Couperie
Gail Greenough
Frédéric Cottier
Joseph Orlando
Pablo Beugnet
Julien, the little boy
Sophie Malakian
Veterinarian Germany
Emmanuelle Fourault
Maternity nurse
Arnaud Maillard
The man in Lille
Gregory Hlady
Competition announcer
Kamel Boudra
Competition announcer
Ludi Boeken
Competition announcer
William Albors
Competition announcer
Marc Schapira
Competition announcer
Leonardo Fuica
Competition announcer
Alejandro Morán
Competition announcer
Kester Lovelace
Competition announcer
Cédric Zimmerlin
Journalist at press conference
Alexandre Guilbaud
Journalist at press conference
Jean Rieffel
Journalist at press conference
Arno Feffer
Journalist at press conference
Vanessa Montserrat
Visitor
Jean Rochefort
Self (uncredited)
