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Films with theme "Cycling films", sorted by name
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Histoires de bicyclettes (1953)
, 31minutesOrigin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Cycling films, Documentary films about sports
Actors Jean Carmet
Jetés dans le camion d'un ferrailleur, des vélos racontent ce qu'ils ont vécu avec leurs propriétaires respectifs : un enfant dans un quartier, un champion cycliste et un facteur rural.
Hell on Wheels (2004)
, 2hDirected by Pepe Danquart
Origin German
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Cycling films, Documentary films about sports, Documentary films about technology
Le réalisateur Pepe Danquart suit avec une équipe de trois cadreurs l'équipe cycliste Deutsche Telekom pendant le Tour de France 2003, notamment Erik Zabel et Rolf Aldag, amis depuis plusieurs années. Danquart montre surtout le côté humain des sportifs, la douleur et les faiblesses du cycliste et le battage médiatique qui entoure le plus grand évènement sportif annuel.
Il Pirata: Marco Pantani (2007)
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Rolando Ravello, Nicoletta Romanoff, Ivano Marescotti, Omero Antonutti
Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992)
, 2h56Directed by Mansoor Khan
Origin Inde
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Aamir Khan, Ayesha Jhulka, Mamik Singh, Deepak Tijori, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Pooja Bedi
The movie is set in Dehradun in north India. The movie opens with the description of the various colleges in the city. The Rajput college has students from affluent backgrounds with each student being an heir to a multimillion fortune. In contrast, the Model college has students from poor local households. Other colleges include Xaviers College and Queens College, the latter being an all-girls college with the guys from all three colleges trying to woo the students there.
Jour de Fête (1949)
, 1h15Directed by Jacques Tati
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Paul Frankeur, Jacques Tati, Guy Decomble, Roger Rafal, André Pierdel, Henri Marquet
Un petit village berrichon prépare sa fête annuelle. Les enfants regardent de tous leurs yeux les forains, Marcel et Roger, monter leurs manèges sur la place. Quant au facteur, François, après avoir assisté à la projection d'un film sur son métier tel qu'on le pratique en Amérique, il entreprend, sur sa vieille bicyclette, une tournée intempestive. Quand la fête est finie, le village retrouve son calme.
School for Postmen (1947)
, 15minutesDirected by Jacques Tati, Henri Marquet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Jacques Tati, Paul Demange
François, un facteur, effectue sa tournée dans un village : les péripéties sont nombreuses.
The Flying Scotsman (2006)
, 1h36Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Cycling films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Jonny Lee Miller, Laura Fraser, Billy Boyd, Brian Cox, Morven Christie, Ron Donachie
The film starts with Graeme Obree (Miller), who suffers from crippling bipolar disorder, cycling into a wood where he prepares to hang himself. A flashback to Obree's (Sean Brown) childhood depicts him being physically attacked at school by other pupils, leaving severe psychological scars. One day Obree is given a bicycle by his parents and we see Obree evading the bullies on his bike.
Breaking Away (1979)
, 1h41Directed by Peter Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Cycling films, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dennis Christopher, Dennis Quaid, Daniel Stern, Jackie Earle Haley, Barbara Barrie, Paul Dooley
Dave, Mike, Cyril, and Moocher are four working-class friends, living in the college town of Bloomington, Indiana. Now turning 19 years old, they all graduated from high school the year before and are not sure what to do with their lives. They spend much of their time together swimming in an old abandoned water-filled quarry, but also often clash with the more affluent Indiana University students in their hometown, who habitually refer to them as "cutters", a derogatory term for locals stemming from the local Indiana Limestone industry and the stonecutters who worked the quarries. Dave is obsessed with competitive bicycle racing, and Italian racers in particular, because he recently won a Masi bicycle. His down-to-earth father, a former stonecutter who now operates his own used car business (sometimes unethically), is puzzled and exasperated by his son's love of Italian music and culture, which Dave associates with cycling. However, his mother Evelyn is more understanding.
Leading The Race (1974)
, 1h50Directed by Joël Santoni
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Portrait du champion cycliste Eddy Merckx.
La dernière échappée (2014)
, 1h25Directed by Fabien Onteniente
Origin France
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Medical-themed films, Sports films, Cycling films, Films about cancer
Actors Samuel Le Bihan, Youssef Hajdi, Claire Keim, Muriel Mayette-Holtz, Olivia Côte, Éric Théobald
En juillet 2010, Laurent Fignon, double vainqueur du Tour de France en 1983 et 1984, est atteint d'un cancer. Malgré le contre avis de son médecin Eddy Clavel, il décide de suivre toutes les étapes pour commenter le Tour comme consultant pour France Télévisions. Mais peu à peu, Eddy apprend à le connaître et comprend son choix.
6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
, 1h9Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Joe E. Brown, Frank McHugh, Maxine Doyle, Gordon Westcott, Arthur Aylesworth, Lottie Williams
Un jeune homme tente d'impressionner sa petite amie en participant à une course cycliste.
Tour de Force (2013)
Directed by Laurent Tuel
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Clovis Cornillac, Ary Abittan, Bouli Lanners, Bruno Lochet, Élodie Bouchez, André Marcon
Ancien cycliste de renommée et désormais employé chez Sport 2000, François Nouel (Clovis Cornillac) suit depuis toujours le Tour de France. Mais alors qu'il a prévu de partir en vacances avec son fils et sa femme Sylvie (Élodie Bouchez), son employeur lui demande de remplacer un collègue de travail pour faire partie de la caravane du Tour. Pris au dépourvu, François ne peut cacher la vérité durant la soirée de présentation de l'équipe sponsorisée par Sport 2000, et par inadvertance, casse le porte-bonheur de Tony Agnelo (Ary Abittan), leader de l'équipe. En une soirée, il perd son travail et sa femme part en vacances avec leur fils Thomas.
The Little Queen (2014)
, 1h48Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Laurence Leboeuf, Patrice Robitaille, Denis Bouchard, Josée Deschênes, Virginie Ranger-Beauregard, Jeff Boudreault
L'histoire de Julie Arseneau, vedette cycliste prise dans l'enfer du dopage, s'inspire de la vie de Geneviève Jeanson.
La ronde infernale (1928)
Directed by Luitz-Morat
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Charles Boyer, Pauline Carton, Blanche Montel, Paul Pauley
Un coureur cycliste est préoccupé par le comportement de sa femme qu'il croît infidèle. Alors qu'il est engagé dans l'épreuve des six jours au Vel d'hiv, il tourne sur la piste et finit par la gagner.
The Cyclist (1987)
, 1h22Directed by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Cycling films
Actors Mahshid Afsharzadeh, Samira Makhmalbaf
Nasim, a poor Afghan refugee in Iran, gives a demonstration in his town's square where he rides his bicycle without stopping for seven days and seven nights, with the aim of raising money for life-saving surgery for his dying wife. In the end, even after seven days, he continues to pedal endlessly, too fatigued to hear his son's and the crowd's pleas to get off his bicycle. One scholar analyses the film as an allegory which parallels the exploitation that Afghan refugees suffer from in Iran and from which they are unable to escape.