Laghat

original title:

Laghat

directed by:

screenplay:

Michael Zampino, Heidrun Schleef, from the novel by Enrico Querci “Laghat – Il cavallo normalmente diverso”

producer:

country:

Italy/Argentina

year:

2024

format:

colour

status:

Development/Pre-production (05/04/2024)

Andrea, as a teenager, was considered a very promising jockey but, after the death of his mother, he abandoned the tracks of the racetracks. A chance meeting with Tony, his former trainer at the San Rossore horse riding school, leads Andrea to believe he can return to the promising jockey he was. Unfortunately the only horse Tony is willing to give him is Laghat, an exceptional thoroughbred but with a serious eye impairment. A sporting and human challenge begins for Andrea, a path of moral rehabilitation that will make him mature not only as a jockey but as a man. Thanks to this special horse…