Vive Le Tour (1962)
A short documentary about the 1962 Tour-de-France. Topics covered include: crowds of people and motorcycles, drinking raids and feeding, pileups, doping, "the charge," and the mountain stages.
- Date of release
- 1962-10-01
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (25)
- Runtime
- 18m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Louis Malle
Casting
- Jean Bobet — Narrator (voice)
Interesting facts
Vive le Tour is a 1962 French documentary by filmmaker Louis Malle. It chronicles the 1962 Tour de France and focuses on issues such as providing food for the racers, dealing with injuries and doping. The New York Times describes the film as containing "ebullience, whimsy, jet black humor, awe and unspeakable tragedy" and as "a worshipful documentary of a sport made by a man who knew it intimately and loved it." Vive le Tour won the Dok Leipzig Golden Dove award in 1966.
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