At the time of shooting, in 1988, Roger Lapébie, 77, is the oldest winner of the Tour de France still alive. Since his legendary win in 1937, half a century has gone by. Yet Roger still covers more than 200 miles a week by bicycle on the highways and byways of the Landes and the Bordeaux region…
The portrait of a great, good-natured cyclist, who declares: “ I love my bike more than I love myself. ”
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“Vas-y Lapébie !, a 26-minute film for French and foreign TV stations, does not aim to relate the career of this former champion in a scholarly and exhaustive manner. Adopting a cinematic rather than a journalistic approach, the film will offer a present-day portrait of the man. The archive material will be used for the value of its images – our hero’s memories and fragmented mental reminiscences – rather than for its encyclopaedic dimension.”
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Nicolas Philibert, “Vas-y Lapébie !,” Website Nicolas Philibert.
FR
« Vas-y Lapébie !, film de 26 minutes destiné à la télévision n’a pas la prétention de retracer de façon exhaustive la carrière de cet ancien champion. Approche cinématographique plutôt que journalistique, ce film en proposera un portrait au présent. Et si on y voit quelques images d’archives, celles-ci seront utilisées comme des images- souvenir, réminiscences mentales, fragmentaires, de notre héros, plutôt que pour leurs dimension encyclopédique. »
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Nicolas Philibert, « Vas-y Lapébie !, » Site web Nicolas Philibert.
