White Mane (1953)
"Crin blanc: Le cheval sauvage" (original title)

A boy comes across a white-haired wild horse in the Camargue. Ranchers seek to capture the horse, but it escapes. What will happen as the boy sets out to find the horse again? The film is ... See full summary »

Director:

Albert Lamorisse

Writers:

Albert Lamorisse (original scenario), Denys Colomb Daunant (adaptation),

Stars:

Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Alain Emery	...	Folco, the boy
Laurent Roche
Clan-Clan
Pascal Lamorisse
Francois Perie
Charles Guillaume
Alain Colomb Daunant
Denys Colomb Daunant	...	(as Denys Colomb de Daunant)
Charles Fouhetty
Pierre Bestieux
Pierre Moureaux-Nery
Jean-Pierre Grenier	...	Narrator (original version) (as J. P. Grenier)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Silvera	...	Narrator- English

Storyline

A boy comes across a white-haired wild horse in the Camargue. Ranchers seek to capture the horse, but it escapes. What will happen as the boy sets out to find the horse again? The film is set in the gorgeous landscape of the Camargue, a marsh area in the south of France where the river Rhone meets the Mediterranean Sea.

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Plot Keywords:

horse | boy | camargue | wild horse | freedom | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

13 January 1954 (Denmark)

Also Known As:

White Mane

Filming Locations:

Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Films Montsouris

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in The Son of Gascogne (1995)

User Reviews

Extraordinary images, similar outcomes

In the mid-fifties, Albert Lamorisse produced two beautiful, but strangely distant films, "The RedBalloon" and "White Mane". "Red Balloon" has been available and remained somewhat popular, while "White Mane" all but disappeared. Its re-emergence is welcome, as it offers intensely compelling black and white imagery, cinematography that is a cross between Ansel Adams and Atget, in its rich tones, dramatic light, and epic feel.

Red Balloon, offers an interesting contrast. Paris is all muted earth tones and grays, with the balloons offering the only vivid colors. It is also interesting to remember that World War II was less than a decade earlier.

Little Pascal, the director's son, is seen in both films, always appealing never "cute", but somehow distant. We don't really know him except as "the little boy".

The two films are wonderful artifacts from a time when film was more art than marketing.