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
Guillaume Canet
as Pierre Durand
Marina Hands
as Nadia Durand, wife of Pierre
Daniel Auteuil
as Serge Durand, father of Pierre
Lou de Laâge
as Raphaëlle Dalio, Jappeloup's groom
Tchéky Karyo
as Marcel Rozier, French team coach
Jacques Higelin
as Henry Dalio, first owner of Jappeloup
Marie Bunel
as Arlette Durand, mother of Pierre
Joël Dupuch
as Francis Lebail
Fred Epaud
as Patrick Caron
Arnaud Henriet
as Frédéric Cottier
Donald Sutherland
as John Lester
Antoine Cholet
as Hubert Bourdy