Pour Un Maillot Jaune (1965)

Original title

...pour un maillot jaune

Directed by

Claude Lelouch

Genre

documentary film

Country

France

Runtime

28 min

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film follows the 1965 Tour de France bicycle race. It shows the riders, the race day action, and the crowds along the route.

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What happens

For a Yellow Jersey (French: ...pour un maillot jaune) is a French 1965 documentary – described as a cinematic tribute – about the 1965 Tour de France. It was made by the French film director, Claude Lelouch. Lelouch is best known as the director of Un Homme et Une Femme (A Man and a Woman in English) in 1966. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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