Jappeloup

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Jappeloup
Directed by Christian Duguay
Written by Guillaume Canet
[1]
Based onCrin Noir
by Karine Devilder
Produced by Ludi Boeken
Pascal Judelewicz
Romain Le Grand
Frédérique Dumas
Geneviève Lemal
Chica Benadava
Walid Chammah
Florian Genetet-Morel
Joe Iacono
Lyse Lafontaine
StarringGuillaume Canet
Marina Hands
Daniel Auteuil
Cinematography Ronald Plante
Edited by Richard Marizy
Music by Clinton Shorter
Distributed by Pathé Distribution
Release date
  • 13 March 2013 (2013-03-13)
Running time
130 minutes
CountriesFrance
Canada
LanguageFrench
Budget$26.7 million
Box office$14.8 million [2]

Jappeloup is a 2013 Canadian-French film directed by Christian Duguay. In January 2014, Lou de Laâge was nominated for the Most Promising Actress award at the 39th César Awards. [3]

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Plot

In the early 1980s, Pierre Durand, Jr. resigns from his career as a lawyer and becomes a professional equestrian, focusing on show jumping. [1] [4] He purchases Jappeloup (horse)  [ fr ] (1975–1991) from Henry Delage  [ fr ]. [1] [4]

Durand loses at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. However, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, he wins. [1] [4]

Cast

Critical reception

It was shown at the COLCOA film festival in Los Angeles, California in 2013. [5]

For The Hollywood Reporter , the film offers "a rather classic mix of stunts and sentiment before galloping ahead to its stirring equine finale." [6]

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