Cheval d'orgueil, Le (1980)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Claude Chabrol

Writers:

Daniel Boulanger (writer)
Claude Chabrol (writer)

Release Date:

December 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In early twentieth-century Brittany, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways: three generations under one roof...

Plot Keywords:

Grandfather Grandson Relationship | Culture | Animal In Title | Family | Childhood

Cast

Jacques Dufilho	...	Alain, le grand-père
Bernadette Le Saché	...	Anne-Marie, la mère
François Cluzet	...	Pierre-Alain, le père
Paul Le Person	...	Gourgon, le facteur
Pierre Le Rumeur	...	Le conteur
Michel Robin	...	Le marquis
Ronan Hubert	...	Pierre-Jacques à 7 ans
Armel Hubert	...	Pierre-Jacques à 11 ans
Dominique Lavanant	...	Marie-Jeanne, la sage-femme
Michel Blanc	...	Corentin Calvez
Georges Wilson	...	Récitant / Narrator (voice)
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
Laurence Caubet
Jacques Chailleux	...	Jeannot les mille métiers
Odile Chapal

Also Known As:

The Horse of Pride
The Proud Ones (UK)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Bigouden, Finistère, France

Company:

BELA

Three generations of life in Brittany

Based on a novel by Pierre-Jakez Hélias. A small Breton community before and during the First World War – mostly very idyllic, despite periods of hard luck, poverty and despair (la chienne de monde). The young couple (both blessed with lovely smiles) and their child, the narrator. Many sweet and funny scenes, as well as a few sad ones. The soft-hearted postman cannot bear to read letters bringing bad news. The title comes from a family saying; they're too poor to own a horse, but they have the horse of pride – the child rides on his father's shoulders. Better than any horse, the boy says at the end. There is tension in the schools about speaking French, not Breton. The family are reds, proud and liberty-loving. Beautiful pace, photography, costumes...