La Course d'une vie (2009)

Shannon's Rainbow (also listed as Amazing Racer) is a 2011 drama and family film both produced and directed by Frank E. Johnson. It stars Julianne Michelle and Claire Forlani, with a musical score by emmy winner Charles David Denler.

Now in post production, the film was shot in western Pennsylvania from a script written by John Mowood
and Larry Richert and based on Mowod's own experiences seeing his brother rehabilitate an injured horse and win a championship horse race.

The main character's story about recently experiencing the death of her father is loosely based on the death of Jeff Gardner, good friend of Mowod and Richert. Mowod and Gardner collaborated on the outline of the film before Jeff Gardner was killed in an accident. The film takes its name from Jeff's oldest daughter, Shannon, and is dedicated to Jeff.

Synopsis

Après la mort soudaine de son père, une adolescente envahie par la colère et la tristesse apprend que sa mère, qu'elle n'a jamais connue, est bel et bien vivante. En allant à sa rencontre, elle se lie d'amitié avec un entraîneur de chevaux et découvre qu'en prenant soin des bêtes, elle arrive à surmonter sa souffrance. Ensemble, ils commencent à gagner des courses, et, au fil des victoires et des nouvelles amitiés, elle apprend à trouver son chemin vers le bonheur.

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