White Mane (French:
Crin-Blanc and
Crin Blanc, Cheval Sauvage) (
1953) is a
short film directed by award-winning
French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse.
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The forty-seven minute short, filmed on location in the
marshes of
Camargue,
France, won numerous awards on its release, including the
Palme d'Or Grand Prize at the
Cannes Film Festival. The film also became popular with children and was marketed for them.
The story tells a fable of how a young boy gentles an untamable wild white stallion named White Mane.