Touching Wild Horses (2002)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Eleanor Lindo

Writer:

Murray McRae (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

After a car accident that claimed his father and sister's lives and left his mother in a coma, a young man is sent to live with his reclusive aunt (Jane Seymour) on Sable Island, a world-renowned wild horse preserve.

Plot Keywords:

Horse | Island | Loner | Foal | 13 Year Old

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Mark Rendall	...	Mark Benton
Jane Seymour	...	Fiona Kelsey
Charles Martin Smith	...	Charles Thurston
Gloria Slade
James McGowan	...	John Benton
Danielle Bouffard	...	Megan Benton
Andrew Tarbet	...	Adult Mark
Vickie Papavs
Jef Mallory
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay Hickman	...	Adult Mark (voice)

Also Known As:

Animal Tales: Touching Wild Horses (International: English title) (promotional title)
Les chevaux de la tourmente (Canada: French title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic elements, some scary images and brief mild language.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

Canada | UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Sandbanks Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Animal Tales Productions Inc.

Trivia:

Jane Seymour actually turned the script down several times before accepting the role.

beautiful, heartwarming film

A sad boy comes to live with his isolated, distant aunt in "Touching Wild Horses," a truly wonderful film starring Jane Seymour and Mark Rendall. On the island there are wild horses, which are not to be touched - and an aunt, it seems, who isn't to be touched either. Aunt and nephew learn to coexist, and ultimately to love one another and share their tragedies.

When the boy makes a mistake with a colt, the two must work together to make it right and teach the colt to live among the other horses, independent of humans. Conversely, the Seymour character has become independent of humans as well. In the end, all God's creatures need to learn their lessons and find out where their true strength really is.

Jane Seymour is wonderful as the tough, icy aunt. Normally a glamorous beauty, Seymour lets herself be seen as an older woman, her face weathered by nature. Mark Rendall is captivating as the boy who lost all but his mother in a car accident for which he blames himself, while his mother remains in a coma.

This is a wholly satisfying film in every way, not only the story and acting, but it has beautiful scenery and magnificent horses. Highly recommended.