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