Ride like a girl
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Ride like a girl |
| Original title | Ride like a girl |
| Country of production | Australia |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2019 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Rachel Griffiths |
| script |
Andrew Knight , Elise McCredie |
| production |
Richard Keddie , Rachel Griffiths, Susie Montague-Delaney |
| music | David Hirschfelder |
| camera | Martin McGrath |
| cut |
Jill Bilcock , Maria Papoutsis |
| occupation | |
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Ride Like a Girl is a 2019 Australian film depicting the life of rider Michelle Payne and her historic Melbourne Cup win , which became the first female jockey to win in 2015 in the 155-year history of the race. In the biographical sports drama led Rachel Griffiths Director. It stars Teresa Palmer as Payne and Sam Neill as her father. Michelle's brother Stevie Payne plays himself.
action
Michelle Payne is the youngest of ten children from racehorse trainer Paddy Payne. Her mother died when she was a few months old. Her father Paddy had to raise all ten children alone. Michelle has had a particularly close relationship with her brother Stevie, who has Down syndrome , from an early age. Eight of the ten Payne children are jockey. Stevie became a groom .
Even as a small child, Michelle dreams of one day winning the Melbourne Cup , the most important Australian horse race. She becomes a jockey like her siblings. Her brother Stevie supports Michelle with her rides. Michelle has had several serious accidents, but still does not give up her dream and when she meets Prince of Penzance she is convinced that she can win the Cup with this horse. Payne finally wins the Melbourne Cup on November 3, 2015 with Prince of Penzance , a 6 year old bay gelding .
reception
The film was released on February 28, 2020 in Germany on DVD, BluRay and Video on Demand by Splendid Film.
The film received mixed and positive reviews, with 62% approval from Rotten Tomatoes and (as of March 4, 2020) 6.8 / 10 points from IMDb .
Awards
| Award | category | person | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| AACTA Awards | Best movie | Richard Keddie | Nominated |
| Rachel Griffiths | Nominated | ||
| Susie Montague | Nominated | ||
| Best main actress | Teresa Palmer | Nominated | |
| Best music | David Hirschfelder | Nominated |
Web links
- Ride Like a Girl at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ride Like a Girl at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Ride Like a Girl . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF; test number: 195596 / V).
- ↑ Rachel Griffiths directs like a natural on 'Ride Like a Girl' ( en ) In: SBS Movies . Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ↑ Michelle Payne's Melbourne Cup success retold in 'Ride Like a Girl' ( en ) In: 7NEWS.com.au . September 25, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ↑ Kirsten Krauth: Rachel Griffiths on her muse Michelle Payne: 'She told the world to get stuffed' (en-GB) . In: The Guardian , September 13, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ↑ Melbourne Cup: Michelle Payne lauds 'incredible' Prince Of Penzance after historic win . Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3rd November 2015.
- ↑ Ray Thomas: Melbourne Cup 2015: Michelle Payne scores historic win on $ 101 outsider Prince Of Penzance . In: The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) , November 3, 2015. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
- ↑ Ride Like a Girl - Your Biggest Dream. In: splendid-film.de. Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
- ↑ Ride Like A Girl - User Ratings. Internet Movie Database , accessed March 4, 2012 .
- ↑ Winners & Nominees on aacta.org, accessed on March 4, 2020 (English)