White Mane (1953)
(Crin blanc: le cheval sauvage)
Country: FR
Technical: bw 47m
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Cast: Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan
Synopsis:
Gardiens in the Camargue attempt repeatedly to capture a proud white wild stallion, but only a local boy who spends his days fishing in his boat succeeds in taming the horse.
Review:
A follow-up to Le Ballon Rouge, in as much as it shares the same narrative and theme (children alone being able to appreciate beauty without spoiling it, but the cost of their doing so is high). A moving and evocative tale, the glimpses of peasant life being particularly charming, with an especially beautiful boy in the lead. As suited to black and white as its predecessor was to colour.
(Crin blanc: le cheval sauvage)
Country: FR
Technical: bw 47m
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Cast: Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan
Synopsis:
Gardiens in the Camargue attempt repeatedly to capture a proud white wild stallion, but only a local boy who spends his days fishing in his boat succeeds in taming the horse.
Review:
A follow-up to Le Ballon Rouge, in as much as it shares the same narrative and theme (children alone being able to appreciate beauty without spoiling it, but the cost of their doing so is high). A moving and evocative tale, the glimpses of peasant life being particularly charming, with an especially beautiful boy in the lead. As suited to black and white as its predecessor was to colour.
(Crin blanc: le cheval sauvage)
Country: FR
Technical: bw 47m
Director: Albert Lamorisse
Cast: Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Clan-Clan
Synopsis:
Gardiens in the Camargue attempt repeatedly to capture a proud white wild stallion, but only a local boy who spends his days fishing in his boat succeeds in taming the horse.
Review:
A follow-up to Le Ballon Rouge, in as much as it shares the same narrative and theme (children alone being able to appreciate beauty without spoiling it, but the cost of their doing so is high). A moving and evocative tale, the glimpses of peasant life being particularly charming, with an especially beautiful boy in the lead. As suited to black and white as its predecessor was to colour.