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Release year: 2022

Storyline

A teenager is raised with horses at her parent's racehorse stable who has a deep exceptional bond with young horse. An accident threatens to bring racing careers to an end but they battle together to achieve victory.

Top credits

Directors

Christian Duguay

Writers

Cast

Mélanie Laurent — Marie
Pio Marmaï — Philippe
Carmen Kassovitz — Zoé (16 ans)
Charlie Paulet — Zoé (10 ans)

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Did you know

• What kind of training did the actors undergo? "Pio [Pio Marmaï] had never driven a sulky, but we were lucky enough to have the legendary Pierre Vercruysse at our side," Christian Duguay explains. "Pierre was Pio's coach: he explained to him how to understand the horses, how to harness and unharness them, how to seal and unseal them; he introduced him to the handling of the reins and showed him how to maintain the boxes. It was a daily training: I wanted his gestures to be natural. I took photos and videos of Pierre and we watched them together so that Pio could learn from them. He did almost everything without being overtaken and was running on circuits at 60 km/h, which is the speed of the races at the Vincennes racetrack.

• This film Ride Above (2022) (also known as "Tempête") was filmed in Normandy and the Ile-de-France region of France. Specifically, filming took place at a stud farm in Normandy. The movie's story revolves around a teenage girl and her bond with a young filly, set against the backdrop of horse racing in Normandy.

• The film was adapted from Christophe Donner's children's novel Tempest at stud, the film stars Pio Marmaï, Mélanie Laurent, Carole Bouquet, and Carmen Kassovitz, and was directed by Christian Duguay.