White Mane (1953)

Original title

Crin Blanc : Le Cheval sauvage

Directed by

Albert Lamorisse

Genre

drama film, children's film

Country

France

Runtime

47 min

Rated

6

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 61 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy befriends a wild white stallion in the marshes of Camargue, France. The film follows their growing bond as the boy tries to tame the horse.

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What happens

White Mane (French: Crin-Blanc and Crin Blanc, Cheval Sauvage) is a 1953 short film directed by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. It is based on a children's book with the same name by the French author René Guillot. The forty-seven-minute short, filmed on location in the marshes of Camargue, France, won numerous awards on its release, including the Short Film Palme d'Or Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The film also became popular with children and was marketed for them. The story tells a fable of how a young boy tames a wild white stallion called White Mane. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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