Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert is a 2001 French-Belgian comedy film directed by Philippe Harel.[1]
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Directed by | Philippe Harel |
Written by | Olivier Dazat, Philippe Harel, Benoît Poelvoorde |
Produced by | Arnauld de Battice, Bertrand Faivre, Sylvain Goldberg, Adeline Lecallier, Alain Rocca |
Starring | Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia, Daniel Ceccaldi |
Narrated by | David Saunders |
Cinematography | Gilles Henry |
Edited by | Bénédicte Teiger |
Music by | Philippe Eidel |
Distributed by | BAC Films |
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Running time | 119 minutes |
Countries | France, Belgium |
Language | French |
Plot
editIn the early 1970s Ghislain Lambert, a Belgian cyclist who is born on the same day as Eddy Merckx, wants to become a cycling champion after seeing TV footage of Merckx winning his 1972-hour record. He tries to get involved with a big cycling championship, but only gets a job as a water carrier. His obsession becomes bigger when Merckx appears to him in a dream. Determined in his dream of becoming a victorious cyclist Lambert tries to look for different ways to achieve his goal...
Cast
edit- Benoît Poelvoorde - Ghislain Lambert
- José Garcia - Claude Lambert
- Daniel Ceccaldi - Maurice Focodel
- Sacha Bourdo - Denis
- Emmanuel Quatra - Riccardo Fortuna
- Jean-Baptiste Iera - Fabrice Bouillon
- Christelle Cornil - Babette
- Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert - Madame Lambert
- Fernand Guiot - M. de Kimpe
- Antoine de Caunes - Narrator
- Frédéric Renson - Manu
- Pierre Martot - Dr. Epedex
- Éric Naggar - Le mage
- Michel de Warzée - Mr. Vandenbroek
- François Berland - TV animator
- Fabian Lion - Swedish cyclist
Sources
editExternal links
edit- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252665/reference
- http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=29196.html