Le Cheval d'orgueil
1980 Drama   
 
Credits
  • Director: Claude Chabrol
  • Script: Daniel Boulanger, Claude Chabrol, Pierre-Jakez Helias (novel)
  • Photo: Jean Rabier
  • Music: Pierre Jansen
  • 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)
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Runtime: 120 min
  • Aka: The Horse of Pride; The Proud Ones
 
 
 
Summary
Pierre-Jakez Helias recounts his childhood experience from 1908 to 1918.  Growing up in a small Brittany village, Helias recalls with affection his father Pierre-Alain and mother Anne-Marie.  Life in this tightly knit peasant community is hard and death is never far away.  Then war breaks out and Pierre-Alain is mobilised, leaving his wife to support her family alone...

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For more on Claude Chabrol see:
The life of Claude Chabrol
Le Beau Serge
Les Cousins
Le Boucher
Que la bête meure
La Cérémonie

 

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