Tour du Faso
Director Wilm Huygen
Countries Netherlands
Duration 90 min
Synopsis
Tour du Faso is Africa’s biggest cycling race - running directly across the savannah. Amid the clash of European perfectionism and African realities we follow German hobby adventurers, French ex-pros and African local heroes in their passionate fight for making their dreams come true. Our film does not focus on the question of who will win - instead, the attention lies on the inner journey of the protagonists. We take the audience on a time travel back into pre-commercialized decades. For our underdog heroes it is still the taking part that counts…
Tour du Faso is Africa’s biggest cycling race - running directly across the savannah. Amid the clash of European perfectionism and African realities we follow German hobby adventurers, French ex-pros and African local heroes in their passionate fight for making their dreams come true. Our film does not focus on the question of who will win - instead, the attention lies on the inner journey of the protagonists. We take the audience on a time travel back into pre-commercialized decades. For our underdog heroes it is still the taking part that counts…