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