White Mane (1953) - full transcript
A boy comes across a white-haired wild horse in the Camargue. Ranchers seek to capture the horse, but it escapes. What will happen as the boy sets out to find the horse again? The film is set in the gorgeous landscape of the Camargue, a marsh area in the south of France where the river Rhone meets the Mediterranean Sea.
CRIN-BLANC
White Mane
Toward the south of France where the Rhone
spreads its waters into the sea
there exists an almost uninhabited region
called La Cavaque
where some herds of wild
horses live.
Crin-Blanc was the leader of all these horses.
He was a fiery and fearsome horse
to whom the other horses obeyed.
Crin-Blanc did not like human beings.
He knew how to confront them
when necessary.
But one day humans decided to capture him.
And on that day started the story
of Crin-Blanc among the humans.
One day a little fisherman boy
called Fofo
met Crin-Blanc for the first time.
Crin-Blanca was really a wild horse.
He felt that humans were besieging him.
the herdsmen continuously came back
to search for Crin-Blanc.
- There he is
the herdsmen were happy
to find Crin-Blanc
but Crin-Blanc was determined not to be caught again
- Here is your hat, sir!
- If somebody is capable of catching
this creature I will present it to him
- To me also?
- Yes, to you also. But before you catch him
,
both your fish and you will have grown wings.
Fofo was sad because the herdsmen mocked at him,
but at the same time he told himself:
If I catch Crin-Blanc he will be mine
Crin-Blanc was a wild horse.
And even though he liked the little
fisherman very much,
he liked more to run freely
among the other horses
- I told you he would come back!
In the meantime another horse
took Crin-Blanc?s position
of the leader of the herd.
But Crin-Blanc was not in the mood
of accepting this.
The herdsmen were determined to find Crin-Blanc
to show him that humans
are always the strongest.
- Hey you, go away from here!!
- The only way to bring him out of there
is to burn the whole marsh.
- Has that boy become nuts?
- Hurry up, he is heading towards the delta!
- He has to be stopped before
he reaches there!
- What are you doing? Come back!
The current can take you!
- I will present you the horse!
Only come back!
- Come back, boy!
- Are you crazy? Come back!
What are you doing?
Come right back
or the current will seize you!
- Come back! Return!
But the little fisherman wouldn?t listen
neither to the herdsmen nor the people.
They would have lied to him.
And together with Crin-Blanc he disappeared
taken by the waves
In sight of all the people
who were there
they both swam all straight ahead
and Crin-Blanc who has great strehgth
bestowed on him
took his friend, the one who
had trusted in him
to a country where horses
and men have always been friends.
White Mane
Toward the south of France where the Rhone
spreads its waters into the sea
there exists an almost uninhabited region
called La Cavaque
where some herds of wild
horses live.
Crin-Blanc was the leader of all these horses.
He was a fiery and fearsome horse
to whom the other horses obeyed.
Crin-Blanc did not like human beings.
He knew how to confront them
when necessary.
But one day humans decided to capture him.
And on that day started the story
of Crin-Blanc among the humans.
One day a little fisherman boy
called Fofo
met Crin-Blanc for the first time.
Crin-Blanca was really a wild horse.
He felt that humans were besieging him.
the herdsmen continuously came back
to search for Crin-Blanc.
- There he is
the herdsmen were happy
to find Crin-Blanc
but Crin-Blanc was determined not to be caught again
- Here is your hat, sir!
- If somebody is capable of catching
this creature I will present it to him
- To me also?
- Yes, to you also. But before you catch him
,
both your fish and you will have grown wings.
Fofo was sad because the herdsmen mocked at him,
but at the same time he told himself:
If I catch Crin-Blanc he will be mine
Crin-Blanc was a wild horse.
And even though he liked the little
fisherman very much,
he liked more to run freely
among the other horses
- I told you he would come back!
In the meantime another horse
took Crin-Blanc?s position
of the leader of the herd.
But Crin-Blanc was not in the mood
of accepting this.
The herdsmen were determined to find Crin-Blanc
to show him that humans
are always the strongest.
- Hey you, go away from here!!
- The only way to bring him out of there
is to burn the whole marsh.
- Has that boy become nuts?
- Hurry up, he is heading towards the delta!
- He has to be stopped before
he reaches there!
- What are you doing? Come back!
The current can take you!
- I will present you the horse!
Only come back!
- Come back, boy!
- Are you crazy? Come back!
What are you doing?
Come right back
or the current will seize you!
- Come back! Return!
But the little fisherman wouldn?t listen
neither to the herdsmen nor the people.
They would have lied to him.
And together with Crin-Blanc he disappeared
taken by the waves
In sight of all the people
who were there
they both swam all straight ahead
and Crin-Blanc who has great strehgth
bestowed on him
took his friend, the one who
had trusted in him
to a country where horses
and men have always been friends.