Tour du Faso
6.4
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...
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Cast
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Wilm Huygen Director · Andreas Köhler Cinematographer Rainer Nigrelli Editor
First release May 29, 2014 · Produced in France, Germany · Languages French, German
Production
Augenschein Filmproduktion
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La Huit
Production
La Huit Production
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France · Germany
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Original language
German
Spoken on screen
French · German
Release dates
Germany · May 29, 2014
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No release date listed for United States.
France
April 23, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
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