Jappeloup
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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Cast
Pablo Beugnet
Julien, little boy
Gregory Hlady
Competition announcer
William Albors
Competition announcer
Kester Lovelace
Competition announcer
Alexandre Guilbaud
Journalist at press conference
Marina Hands
Nadia Durand, wife of Pierre
Noah Huntley
Joe Fargis
Sonia Ammar
Raphaëlle as a child
Jean-Gabriel Nordmann
CEO of Luze
Cédric Zimmerlin
Journalist at press conference
Joël Dupuch
Francis Lebail
Jean Rochefort
Self (uncredited)
Guillaume Canet
Pierre Durand
Tchéky Karyo
Marcel Rozier, French team coach
Arnaud Henriet
Frédéric Cottier
Donald Sutherland
John Lester
Benoît Petitjean
Éric Navet
Emmanuel Suarez
Mocking young horseman
Pascal Judelewicz
François Wolf, Pierre's associate
Frédéric Cottier
Joseph Orlando
Fred Epaud
Patrick Caron
James Flynn
John Lester's son
Marco Luraschi
Pierre Durand as a child
Kamel Boudra
Competition announcer
Leonardo Fuica
Competition announcer
Alejandro Morán
Competition announcer
Arno Feffer
Journalist at press conference
Marie Bunel
Arlette Durand, mother of Pierre
Antoine Cholet
Hubert Bourdy
Virginie Couperie
Gail Greenough
Ludi Boeken
Competition announcer
Jean Rieffel
Journalist at press conference
Vanessa Montserrat
Visitor
Lou de Laâge
Raphaëlle Dalio, Jappeloup's groom
Jacques Higelin
Henry Dalio, first owner of Jappeloup
Jeffrey Noel
Gilles, groom
Luc Bernard
French journalist in Los Angeles
Arnaud Maillard
Man in Lille
Jean-Loup Horwitz
Mr. Bonnot, mayor of St Seurin
Xavier Alcan
Marketing director
Marc Schapira
Competition announcer
Daniel Auteuil
Serge Durand, father of Pierre
Philippe Canet
Charles Gouhot