White Mane

1953 [FRENCH]

Adventure / Drama / Family

2
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 2435 2.4K

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Plot summary

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.

Director

Albert Lamorisse Photo
Albert Lamorisse

Top cast

Frank Silvera Photo
Frank Silvera as Narrator- English
Peter Strauss Photo
Peter Strauss as Narrator - English - restored version
Charles Guillaume Photo
Charles Guillaume as
Pierre Moureaux-Nery Photo
Pierre Moureaux-Nery as
720p.BLU 1080p.BLU
367.82 MB
1280*938
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
12 hr 40 min
Seeds 1
683.19 MB
1474*1080
French 2.0
NR
Subtitles
23.976 fps
12 hr 40 min
Seeds 9

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by MikeyB1793 8 / 10

Beautiful

Beautiful and touching movies – both filmed with a minimum of dialogue. 'The Red Balloon' takes place in Paris in the mid-fifties and has humour and tenderness. The Paris of the 1950's does not quite look a beautiful as it does today – it looks a little stodgy and war-torn.Both these were filmed in the mid-fifties and both stand well the test of time. The sound-score in each is exquisite and enhances the tone of both movies.The second movie on this DVD is the 'White Mane' filmed in the south of France in the Camargue region. If you love horses this is a must. I am only an amateur fan but was highly impressed.Both these films by Albert Lamorisse are available on the same DVD. They are each about 35 minutes in length and well worth the watch. They do remind me of the best Disney movies I use to watch as a child.
Reviewed by Doylenf 6 / 10

Interesting B&W images from the man who did "The Red Balloon"...

Although this was an award-winning French film that won honors as Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival, there's really nothing that memorable about this B&W odyssey about a wild stallion and a small boy who tames it.The background music is pleasant, the photography is pleasing enough and the boy is a natural actor, but the story seems to be lacking something in spirit and seems rather bland by the time it winds up its tale in 43 minutes with a rather ambiguous ending.ALAIN EMERY is the boy, Falco, who befriends a white stallion in Camarque, arid lands in the south of France, much to the displeasure of a group of men who were trying to capture the animal themselves. Once the horse accepts him as a rider, he spends the rest of the film trying to avoid capture by the men on horseback who chase the boy and the horse all over the dunes and finally the beach, where boy and horse ride off into the waves.That's the story. Whether it captures your attention completely or not is debatable, but it is definitely well made and worth seeing at least once.Trivia note: The main page at IMDb specifies that the film was photographed in Eastman Color but the print shown on TCM was in black and white.
Reviewed by rstauber-1 7 / 10

My Nana took me to see this movie in 1952

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