Completed - FRENCH, SPANISH-ARGENTINE - Biography, Action/Adventure, Documentary - 108 minutes
Aboard his sailing boat, the LEHG II, Vito Dumas carried out unprecedented feats among lone navigators. But his life was not just adventures. His figure was cruelly attacked for reasons unrelated to sports until he was turned into the "unmentionable" of Argentine seamanship.
Year of production : 2019 Director(s) : Rodolfo PETRIZ Writer(s) : Rodolfo PETRIZ Cast : Luis PETRIZ, Marcelo D´ANDREA, Diego DUMAS, Ricardo CUFRÉ Producer(s) : Rodolfo PETRIZ (None)
Four epic voyages that defied the limits of the possible and astonished the whole world elevated the Argentinean Vito Dumas as the biggest solitary navigator in the history of the seamanship. These trips structure the plot of life of an authentic Byronean hero - transgressor, multifaceted and bon vivant - that during the decades of ´30, ´40 and ´50 raised to the Olympus of the popular idols. But every hero also descends into hell. The envy of some and the hatred of others distorted his figure to turn Dumas into the "unmentionable" of the argentine seamanship. Died in 1965, in his figure condense many of the ideals and disappointments that marked the history of Argentina during a large part of the twentieth century.
Country(ies) : ARGENTINA
Ventana Sur 2019BAFICI (Buenos Aires) 2019 (Selección Oficial)Cine de las Alturas. Jujuy 2019 (Competencia Oficial Documental)Ventana Sur 2019 (Video Library)