White Mane (1953)

In the Camargue, France, a young boy bonds with a white haired horse that escaped from ranchers.

Director:

Albert Lamorisse

Writers:

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

Stars:

Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Alain Emery	...	Folco, the Fisher-Boy
Laurent Roche	...	Folco's Grandfather
Clan-Clan
Pascal Lamorisse	...	Folco's Younger Brother
Francois Perie
Charles Guillaume
Alain Colomb Daunant	...	(as Alain Colomb de Daunant)
Denys Colomb de Daunant	...	Horse Breeder
Charles Fouhetty	...	(as Charles Fouchetty)
Pierre Bestieux
Pierre Moureaux-Nery
Jean-Pierre Grenier	...	Narrator (voice) (as J. P. Grenier)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Silvera	...	Narrator- English
Peter Strauss	...	Narrator - English - restored version

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:

freedom | young boy | horse | camargue | mediterranean sea | 

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

Favorite film of Martha Coolidge.

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Connections

Referenced in Adventures in Moviegoing: Josh and Bennie Safdie (2020)

User Reviews

A childhood classic

Every French pupil of the sixties or even the seventies knows "Crin-Blanc",one of the major works of Albert Lamorisse who used to make films aimed at the children's market: "Bim Le Petit Ane" "Le Voyage en Ballon" and "le Ballon Rouge" are of the same kind.The French critic remains tepid as far as they are concerned,but abroad all are praised as masterpieces of moving poetry.

Let's take the golden middle:masterpieces,there are certainly not,but representative of an era ,the era of Doisneau's photographs and pupils in grey overall,they certainly are.

Whereas "le Ballon Rouge " depicted a graying urban landscape,"Crin-Blanc" takes place in Camargue with its wild horses ,including ,the wildest of them all,"Crin-Blanc ".But the two movies have the same conclusion: both Folco and Pascal cannot live in the men's world and both escape from their world,one flew over Paris with his magic balloon and the other returned to the (new christening?) waters of the river with his mythical horse.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

11 December 1953 (Finland)

Also Known As:

White Mane

Filming Locations:

Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$9,004, 18 November 2007

Gross USA:

$34,570

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$953,041

Company Credits

Production Co:

Films Montsouris

Technical Specs

Runtime:

38 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1