Completed - DUTCH, ITALIAN, ENGLISH - Drama, First film - 97 minutes
Felix, a cycling rider, signs up for an Italian team, he wants to become a pro no matter what, excelling his father.
Year of production : 2018 Director(s) : Kenneth MERCKEN Writer(s) : Kenneth MERCKEN, Monica STAN Cast : Niels WILLAERTS, Koen DE GRAEVE, Fortunato CERLINO, Karlijn SILEGHEM, Loïc BELLEMANS, Günther LESAGE Producer(s) : Koen MORTIER (Czar Film), Eurydice GYSEL (Czar Film), Olivier RAUSIN (CLIMAX FILMS), Giovanni POMPILI (KINO PRODUZIONI)
Felix Vereecke grows up as an insider at his father’s veteran league cycling races, an outlandish milieu with no shortage of alcohol, violence, and prohibited substances.He wants to become a pro no matter what, excelling his father Mathieu, who seeks to fulfil his own failed dreams of cycling glory.As an adult, Felix turns out to be incredibly gifted. When he becomes national junior champion, he follows his own path towards the promised land of youth cycling: Italy. The merciless competition and his feeble health, however, threaten to become his downfall.
Country(ies) : BELGIUM
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Gent IFF 2018 (Gala Premieres)Hong-Kong Filmart 2019Raindance IFF 2019Rotterdam IFFR 2019 (Voices)Goteborg IFF 2019 (Ingmar Bergman Competition)