For a Yellow Jersey

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For a Yellow Jersey (1965)

Directed by Claude Lelouch

Documentary · 26m

The film follows the 1965 Tour de France not as a sports documentary but an atmospheric film of the events that surround it. Where riders are shown racing, it is an illustration of the hardship or the danger they face. The main events are the daily routines of the competitors, the bossing about of spectators by officials (which Lelouch emphasises by adding animal noises to the soundtrack), the monotonous days of journalists who follow the race for hours to write only a few hundred words, and the evening entertainment laid on by the Europe-1 radio station.

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Cast

Frank Alamo Self Michel Barbey Felice Gimondi Self Nancy Holloway Self Raymond Poulidor Self
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Rik Van Looy Self

Crew

Director
Claude Lelouch
Director of Photography
Claude Lelouch, Patrice Pouget
Editor
Claude Barrois

Details

Original title
...pour un maillot jaune
Release date
1965-12-31
Runtime
26m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
France