White Mane (1953)
41m
Running Time
March 31, 1953Release Date
Plot.
In the south of France, in a vast plain region called the Camargue, lives White Mane, a magnificent stallion and the leader of a herd of wild horses too proud to let themselves be broken by humans. Only Folco, a young fisherman, manages to tame him. A strong friendship grows between the boy and the horse, as the two go looking for the freedom that the world of men won’t allow them.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Alain Emery
Folco, the Fisher-Boy
Laurent Roche
Folco's Grandfather
Clan-Clan
Actor
Pascal Lamorisse
Folco's Younger Brother
François Perie
Actor
Charles Guillaume
Actor
Jean-Pierre Grenier
Narrator (French) (voice)
Alain Colomb Daunant
Actor
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 31, 1953
Original NameCrin blanc: Le cheval sauvage
StatusReleased
Running Time41m
Genres
Wiki.
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.