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COUREUR

By Kenneth MERCKEN

Drama - Completed 2019

Festivals
& Awards

Film Fest Gent 2018

Explorezone - Closing Night

Nuovo Cinema Europa Festival 2019

UniGe Award

Ischia Film Festival 2019

Competition

Bolzano Film Festival Bozen 2019

Made in Alto Adige section

Sport Film Festival Rotterdam 2019

Competition

Festival International Du Film De Mons 2019

Goteborg Film Festival 2019

Ingmar Bergman Competition

Rotterdam International Film Festival 2019

Limelight section

- Year of production
- 2019
- Genres
- Drama
- Countries
- BELGIUM, ITALY
- Duration
- 96 mn
- Director(s)
- Kenneth MERCKEN
- Writer(s)
- Monica STAN, Kenneth MERCKEN
- Cast
- Niels WILLAERTS, Fortunato CERLINO, Nicola RIGNANESE, Koen DE GRAEVE, Karlijn SILEGHEM, Günther LESAGE
- Producer(s)
- Eurydice GYSEL (CZAR Film & TV ), Giovanni POMPILI (Kino Produzioni), Olivier RAUSIN (Climax Films)
- Synopsis
- Felix grows up as an inside spectator at veterans’ bike races - a violent, drug-infused world where his father dominates with both pedals and fists. Felix follows in his father’s footsteps making him proud but jealous at the same time. On his way to becoming a pro rider, Felix rebels and flees to Italy, the promised land of youth cycling. However, his body doesn’t respond to the widespread miracle drug EPO and he ends up drained by the brutal training. His father comes to the rescue giving him a blood transfusion. Now nothing can stop them, not even the threat of cancer. After all, what is cancer compared to winning the race of your dreams?