Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame (2014)

Directed by

Tony Girardin

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary follows 75-year-old Giuseppe Marinoni, a former cyclist and bike builder, as he tries to set a cycling time record for his age group. The film also looks at his friendship with paralyzed ex-champion Jocelyn Lovell.

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What happens

Marinoni: The Fire in the Frame is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Tony Girardin and premiered in 2014. The film profiles Giuseppe Marinoni, a former competitive cyclist turned bicycle manufacturer who at age 75 is attempting to set a new cycling time record for his age bracket. As a secondary storyline, the film also focuses on Marinoni's longtime friendship with champion cyclist Jocelyn Lovell. He raced on a Marinoni bike until his career ended when a motorist drove their dump truck into him, leaving Lovell a quadriplegic. The film premiered at the Hot Docs Canadian International Film Festival in 2014. The film received two Canadian Screen Award nominations, for Best Feature Length Documentary and Best Editing in a Documentary, at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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