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Ride Above

2022

1h 49m

6.8(119 votes)

Drama

Overview

Growing up among horses at her parents' stud farm, Zoé dreams of becoming a jockey and forms a deep bond with a young horse. A terrible accident threatens to end their racing careers, but they fight to reach victory together.

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Nolita

TF1 Studio

Pathé

France 2 Cinéma

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Mélanie Laurent

Mélanie Laurent

Marie

Pio Marmaï

Pio Marmaï

Philippe

Kacey Mottet Klein

Kacey Mottet Klein

Sébastien

Carmen Kassovitz

Carmen Kassovitz

Zoé (16 ans)

Charlie Paulet

Charlie Paulet

Zoé (10 ans)

June Benard

June Benard

Zoé (5 ans)

Carole Bouquet

Carole Bouquet

Madame Cooper

Danny Huston

Danny Huston

Monsieur Cooper

Atmen Kelif

Atmen Kelif

Haddid

Antoine Cholet

Antoine Cholet

Eric

Creative team

Directed by: Christian Duguay
Written by: Christian Duguay
Lilou Fogli
Produced by: Maxime Delauney
Romain Rousseau

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