Tour du Faso
Culture clash on the sandy streets of Burkina Faso. Africa’s biggest cycling race, the Tour du Faso, is a ten-stage challenge where adventurous European amateur cyclist and African local heroes compete passionately to make their dreams come true. Yet the film does not focus on the question of who will win – instead, it puts the protagonists’ experiences centre stage.
TOUR DU FASO takes the audience time travelling back to pre-commercialised decades. Following the Tour du Faso, we learn more about cycling, Africa and the extraordinary fighting spirit of the underdogs. Here, it is still the taking part that counts...
Year: 2014
Genre: Documentary
Studio: Augenschein Filmproduktion, La Huit
Director: Wilm Huygen
Cast: ABDOUL AZIZ NIKIEMA, RASMANE OUEDRAOGO, MAHAMADI SAWADOGO, WAHAB ABDOUL SAWADOGO, HAMIDOU YAMEOGO, HAMIDOU ZIDWEIBA
Crew: Wilm Huygen (Director), Rainer Nigrelli (Editor), Jonas Katzenstein (Producer), Maximilian Leo (Producer), Andreas Köhler (Director of Photography), Anika Simon (Editor)
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