Tour du Faso (2014)

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...

Released May 29, 2014 90 min 11+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: aspectratio.2-35-1

Watch Providers: GuideDoc, Cineverse, Demand Africa Amazon Channel

Production Companies: Augenschein Filmproduktion, La Huit

Country: Germany
Production Countries: Germany, France
Languages: German, French