During a film production, an unrestrained dog scares his horse, which throws him and breaks his back, rendering him a wheelchair-using paraplegic.

Florence Kernel, an insurance loss adjuster, visits him at his rambling property and stables, where he lives alone, aided by Antoine.

Marc meanwhile tries to mount his horse using a knotted rope and upper body strength, but panics and is knocked unconscious and taken to hospital.

Florence eventually mails the recorder directly to the lawyer, who uses it to (off camera) help secure Marc's compensation claim in court.

She is in her house with her daughter when the TV shows Marc competing in a dressage event, confident on his horse, Othello.

[3] The Guardian awarded it three stars, saying "...this is about as bourgeois and Gallic as a film can be without actually dressing the characters in Breton shirts and draping ropes of onions around their necks, but the actors are undeniably magnetic, the stunt work is duly impressive and it all trots along at manageable pace.

Plus, there's some great equine acting on hand from Othello, the supporting stallion, a chestnut beauty with eyes almost as soulful as Dupontel's own.