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

Guillaume Canet

(Pierre Durand)

Marina Hands

(Nadia Durand, wife of Pierre)

Daniel Auteuil

(Serge Durand, father of Pierre)

Lou de Laâge

(Raphaëlle Dalio, Jappeloup's groom)

Tchéky Karyo

(Marcel Rozier, French team coach)

Jacques Higelin

(Henry Dalio, first owner of Jappeloup)

Marie Bunel

(Arlette Durand, mother of Pierre)

Joël Dupuch

(Francis Lebail)

Fred Epaud

(Patrick Caron)

Arnaud Henriet

(Frédéric Cottier)

Donald Sutherland

(John Lester)

Antoine Cholet

(Hubert Bourdy)

Edmond Jonquères d'Oriola

(Philippe Rozier)

Benoît Petitjean

(Éric Navet)

Sébastien Cazorla

(Michel Robert)

Noah Huntley

(Joe Fargis)

James Flynn

(John Lester's son)

Marco Luraschi

(Pierre Durand as a child)

Sonia Ammar

(Raphaëlle as a child)

Jeffrey Noel

(Gilles, groom)

Luc Bernard

(French journalist in Los Angeles)

Jean-Loup Horwitz

(Mr. Bonnot, mayor of St Seurin)

Philippe Canet

(Charles Gouhot)

Emmanuel Suarez

(The mocking young horseman)

Pascal Judelewicz

(François Wolf, Pierre's associate)

Jean-Gabriel Nordmann

(CEO of Luze)

Xavier Alcan

(Marketing director)

Virginie Couperie

(Gail Greenough)

Frédéric Cottier

(Joseph Orlando)

Pablo Beugnet

(Julien, the little boy)

Sophie Malakian

(Veterinarian Germany)

Emmanuelle Fourault

(Maternity nurse)

Arnaud Maillard

(The man in Lille)

Gregory Hlady

(Competition announcer)

Kamel Boudra

(Competition announcer)

Ludi Boeken

(Competition announcer)

William Albors

(Competition announcer)

Marc Schapira

(Competition announcer)

Leonardo Fuica

(Competition announcer)

Alejandro Morán

(Competition announcer)

Kester Lovelace

(Competition announcer)

Cédric Zimmerlin

(Journalist at press conference)

Alexandre Guilbaud

(Journalist at press conference)

Jean Rieffel

(Journalist at press conference)

Arno Feffer

(Journalist at press conference)

Vanessa Montserrat

(Visitor)

Jean Rochefort

(Self (uncredited))