White Mane (1953) 1/4
BackWhite Mane (1953) (Crin blanc: Le cheval sauvage) French, B/W, English Subtitles Grand Prize Winner at the Cannes Film Festival. "A lesser-known short by the French master filmmaker Albert Lamorisse, whose Red Balloon is an all-time classic, White Mane is a beautiful but somewhat disturbing allegory that looks at first glance like a boy's adventure story, but actually contains real good vs. evil battles that can only be interpreted as a reflection of Lamorisse's own post-war angst. Shot in stunningly bright black and while in 1953, just eight years after the war's end and featuring narration co-written by the great James Agee, White Mane takes us to a vast marsh in southern France where herds of wild horses roam free. The horse known as White Mane, who stands out because of his coloration, is a herd leader and much sought after by the French cowboys who ride around the marsh trying to capture and break horses. Rounded up and taken to a pen, White Mane resists captivity and escapes dramatically, and the incident is observed by a boy named Folco (Alain Emery), who lives a subsistence existence with his fisherman grandfather and too-cute toddler brother (Lamorisse's own son) in the middle of the marsh." -Don Willmott, filmcritic.com Director: Albert Lamorisse Screenplay: Albert Lamorisse Cast: Alain Emery, Laurent Roche, Pascal Lamorisse, Francois Perié, Charles Guillaume, Alain and Denys Colomb de Daunant and Charles Fouhetty
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Uploaded: October 2nd, 2008 @ 7:48 am
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