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.
Cinematography
Black-and-white Camargue wetlands that haunt your dreams.
Practical Effects
Real horses being genuinely majestic. No CGI, just chaos.
Direction
Lamorisse wrangling actual animals into poetry.
Director
Albert Lamorisse
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is basically a French art film disguised as children's entertainment, which explains everything.
Director Albert Lamorisse later made *The Red Balloon*—dude had a whole thing about kids and inanimate/animal objects that symbolize the crushing weight of existence.
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