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Summer of the Colt

Summer of the Colt

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 31, 1991

Runtime

1h 40m

Genres

Drama, Family

User Score

80%

Original Title

El verano del potro

Production Companies

GEA Producciones, Les Productions La Fête

Director

André Melançon

Description

This award-winning film by André Melançon -- set on a ranch on the pampas of Argentina -- tells the story of three children spending a summer with their grandfather. The youngest, Felipe, makes friends with a puppy; his older brother, Daniel, breaks and train his first horse; their 13-year-old sister, Laura, struggles with the transition between childhood and growing up. The kids find it difficult to adapt to their proud and stubborn grandfather, and he learns that he has to change his ways and try to understand them as they all experience the joys and sorrows of growing up and growing old. ~ Alice Duncan, Rovi