Ostwind and Mika have found a real home at the farm Kaltenbach with Mika's grandmother. In the hustle of running therapy center and due to Mika's fame as a horse-whisperer, she feels that she doesn't have enough freedom and time to ride. After a serious disagreement with her grandmother, Mika secretly sets off for the night in eastern Andalusia, Spain, where she suspects Ostwind's roots are.
Cinematography
Andalusian landscapes that'll make you Google 'horse riding holidays Spain.'
Acting
Hanna Binke's stubborn, luminous energy carries the whole trilogy.
Director
Katja von Garnier
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Andalusian horses in this film are from the same bloodline as those in Gladiator—basically, Ostwind is related to movie royalty.
This trilogy is Germany's answer to Black Beauty but with infinitely more generational trauma and significantly less death. The books spawned a genuine horse tourism boom to the original filming locations.
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