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The Horse of Pride (1980)

The Horse of Pride (1980)

Drama
Release Date: 1980, September 24
Directors: Claude Chabrol
Countries: France
Cast: François Cluzet, Michel Blanc, Michel Robin, Pierre Le Rumeur, Bernadette Le Saché, Jacques Dufilho, Jacques Chailleux, Dominique Lavanant, Pierre-François Dumeniaud, Paul Le Person, Bernard Dumaine, Ronan Hubert

Overview:

In early twentieth-century Brittany, two peasants marry, have a son, and live in traditional Breton ways: three generations under one roof, a division of labor between the sexes, elders' stories at night, politics and religion during their little free time. Times are hard: la Chienne du Monde drives some to suicide; Ankou (death) is close at hand. Pierre is born into this republican family, his lyric childhood interrupted by the outbreak of war and his father's conscription. He learns his catechism and, as a child of a Reds, also reveres school. His grandfather and father often put him on their shoulders, giving him a ride on the horse of pride.