Tour du Faso (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | Tour du Faso |
| Country of production | Germany , France |
| original language | German subtitles |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 92 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Wilm Huygen |
| script | Wilm Huygen |
| production |
Jonas Katzenstein Maximilian Leo |
| music |
Jan Wendeler Georg Rohbeck |
| camera | Andreas Koehler |
| cut |
Anika Simon Rainer Nigrelli |
Tour du Faso is a German-French documentary directed by Wilm Huygen from 2014 . The theme of the film is the Tour du Faso , an annual cycling tour through the West African country of Burkina Faso .
action
Huygen accompanies the Tour du Faso 2011 in his film . First he briefly describes the history of the race. Then the documentary focuses on three amateur participants - one cyclist each from France, Burkina Faso and Germany (Benjamin Höber). You struggle with the heat and unpaved roads on the approximately 1,300-kilometer route. The German team also struggles with the driving behavior and interpretation of the rules of the Africans. In addition to the experiences of the drivers, their motives for participating in the race are also illuminated. Another topic is, in contrast to the Tour de France , the hardly pronounced commercialization of the Tour du Faso.
background
The film was produced by Augenschein Filmproduktion GmbH in Cologne. Co-producer was La Huit Production based in Paris. The project was funded by the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW , the Filmförderungsanstalt , the German Filmförderfonds and the Center national du cinéma et de l'image animée . The shooting took place in 2011 in Burkina Faso. The film was shown at the Biberach Film Festival on October 30, 2013 . It was released in German cinemas on May 29, 2014.
According to producer Jonas Katzenstein , the film is a parable about the relationship between Europe and Africa.
Reviews
"Nice documentary about three racing cyclists who take part in the" Tour du Faso ", the largest bike tour through Africa."
"While he [Wilm Huygen] is capturing impressive pictures of the race, in" Tour du Faso "he doesn't get close enough to the drivers."
“Unfortunately, he [Wilm Huygen] often only elicits moderately exciting things from the drivers [...]. In addition, the impressions from the race itself repeat themselves in the long run. Most interesting [..] are the many impressions from the edge of the tour. "
Web links
- Tour du Faso in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tour du Faso at filmportal.de
- Tour du Faso with a look at the film production
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tour du Faso with a look at the film production
- ↑ Tour du Faso on filmfest-biberach.de ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Tour du Faso on kino.de
- ↑ Tour du Faso on filmstarts.de
- ↑ Jörg Brandes: Tour du Faso in Hamburger Morgenpost Plan 7, May 28, 2014, p. 4.
