Dream Horse - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Dream Horse. Copyright: Warner

Genre

Released

2021

Stars

Toni Collette, Damian Lewis, Owen Teale, Joanna Page, Karl Johnson, Steffan Rhodri, Anthony O'Donnell, Nicholas Farrell and more

Writers

Neil McKay, Kate Leys and Philip Murphy

Director

Euros Lyn

Producers

Katherine Butler, Tracy O'Riordan, Daniel Battsek, Ollie Madden, Sue Bruce-Smith, Peter Touche, Stephen Dailey, Pauline Burt and more

Company

Jan Vokes, a cleaner and bartender, recruits her initially reluctant husband Brian and local accountant Howard Davies to help her bring together a syndicate of local people to breed a foal - which they name Dream Alliance. On the racetrack, he proves himself to be more than a match for the multi-million pound racehorses he comes up against - a true working-class champion, taking on the establishment at their own game. But much more than this, Dream begins to alter the lives of everyone in the syndicate, not least Jan's. He is everything to her: friend, confidant and an escape from a life of always putting other people's needs first.

Based on a true story, Dream Horse is a classic story of triumph against adversity, and a tale of how a woman strives to make her dream a reality in a place where hope is thin on the ground.