A true sports story that utterly defies the odds, Duguay’s film captures the wild ups and downs of the Olympics-bound career of legendary equine star Jappeloup and his troubled rider, locked in a tense relationship with his horseman father and forever uncertain of his own skills as an equestrian
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as Pierre Durand
AliveBorn: April 10, 1973
Age: 53
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France
as Nadia Durand, wife of Pierre
AliveBorn: January 10, 1975
Age: 51
Paris, France
as Serge Durand, father of Pierre
AliveBorn: January 24, 1950
Age: 76
Alger, France [now Algeria]
as Raphaëlle Dalio, Jappeloup's groom
AliveBorn: April 27, 1990
Age: 36
Bordeaux, Gironde, France
as Marcel Rozier, French team coach
DeceasedBorn: October 4, 1953
Died: October 31, 2025
Age at death: 72
as Henry Dalio, first owner of Jappeloup
DeceasedBorn: October 18, 1940
Died: April 6, 2018
Age at death: 77
as Arlette Durand, mother of Pierre
AliveBorn: May 27, 1961
Age: 65
Champigny-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
as Francis Lebail
AliveBorn: September 9, 1955
Age: 70
Arès, Gironde, France
as Patrick Caron
AliveBorn: May 12, 1970
Age: 56
Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France
as Frédéric Cottier
AliveBorn: June 25, 1972
Age: 54
Fontainebleau, Seine-et-Marne, France
as John Lester
DeceasedBorn: July 17, 1935
Died: June 20, 2024
Age at death: 88
as Hubert Bourdy
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Philippe Rozier
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Éric Navet
AliveBorn: January 21, 1982
Age: 44
Paris, France
as Michel Robert
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Joe Fargis
AliveBorn: September 7, 1974
Age: 51
Wiston, West Sussex, England, UK
as John Lester's son
AliveBorn: January 1, 1970
Age: 56
Ireland
as Pierre Durand as a child
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Raphaëlle as a child
AliveBorn: February 19, 1999
Age: 27
Paris, France
as Gilles, groom
AliveBirth date not on record.
as French journalist in Los Angeles
AliveBorn: March 21, 1958
Age: 68
France
as Mr. Bonnot, mayor of St Seurin
AliveBorn: January 30, 1954
Age: 72
as Charles Gouhot
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Mocking young horseman
AliveBirth date not on record.
as François Wolf, Pierre's associate
AliveBirth date not on record.
as CEO of Luze
AliveBorn: March 16, 1947
Age: 79
as Marketing director
AliveBorn: January 1, 1963
Age: 63
as Gail Greenough
AliveBorn: November 5, 1962
Age: 63
Caudéran, Gironde, France
as Joseph Orlando
AliveBorn: February 5, 1954
Age: 72
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
as Julien, little boy
AliveBorn: June 23, 2002
Age: 24
Corbeil-Essonnes, Essonne, France
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