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The Bike Ride (1973)

The Bike Ride poster
Directed by
Ridley Scott
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A boy rides a bicycle up a cobbled hill in a 1900s English town delivering fresh bread. The film shows his journey and the scenes of everyday life around him.

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What happens

The Bike Ride, Bike Round or Boy on the Bike is a 1973 advert for the bread maker Hovis. Ridley Scott directed the advert. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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