Film

Tour du Faso

2014 · 1h 30m · Documentary

IMDb

6.2

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...

• Wilm HuygenDirector
• Jonas KatzensteinProducer
• Maximilian LeoProducer
• Andreas KöhlerDirector of Photography
• Anika SimonEditor
• Rainer NigrelliEditor

Release date

May 29, 2014

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

0

Genres

Documentary