Jappeloup

Jappeloup is a 2013 French-language film directed by Christian Duguay. In January 2014, Lou de LaÃÂ¢ge was nominated for the Most Promising Actress award at the 39th CÃÂ©sar Awards.

Plot

In the early 1980s, Pierre Durand, Jr. resigns from his career as a lawyer and becomes a professional equestrian, focusing on show jumping. He purchases Jappeloup de Luze (1975Ã¢ÂÂ1991) from .

Durand loses at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. However, at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, he wins.

Cast

Guillaume Canet as Pierre Durand, Jr.
Marina Hands as Nadia
Daniel Auteuil as Serge Durand
Lou de LaÃÂ¢ge as RaphaÃÂ«lle Dalio
Sonia Ammar as young RaphaÃÂ«lle
TchÃÂ©ky Karyo as Marcel Rozier
Jacques Higelin as Dalio
Marie Bunel as Arlette Durand
JoÃÂ«l Dupuch as Francis Lebail
FrÃÂ©dÃÂ©ric ÃÂpaud as Patrick Caron
Arnaud Henriet as FrÃÂ©dÃÂ©ric Cottier
Donald Sutherland as John Lester
Antoine Cholet as Hubert Bourdy
Edmond JonquÃÂ¨res d'Oriola as Philippe Rozier
BenoÃÂ®t Petitjean as ÃÂric Navet
SÃÂ©bastien Cazorla as Michel Robert
Noah Huntley as Joe Fargis
James Flynn as John Lester's son
Xavier Alcan as Sponsor
Jean Rochefort as himself

Critical reception

It was shown at the COLCOA film festival in Los Angeles, California in 2013.

For The Hollywood Reporter, the film offers "a rather classic mix of stunts and sentiment before galloping ahead to its stirring equine finale."

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