Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert is a 2001 French-Belgian comedy film directed by
Philippe Harel.
Plot
In the early 1970s Ghislain Lambert, a Belgian cyclist who is born on the same day as
Eddy Merckx
Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better known as Eddy Merckx, is a Belgian former professional road and track bicycle racer who is among the most successful riders in the history of competitive cycling. His victorie ...
, wants to become a cycling champion after seeing TV footage of Merckx winning his 1972-hour record. He tries to get involved with a big cycling championship, but only gets a job as a water carrier. His obsession becomes bigger when Merckx appears to him in a dream. Determined in his dream of becoming a victorious cyclist Lambert tries to look for different ways to achieve his goal...
Cast
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Benoît Poelvoorde - Ghislain Lambert
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José Garcia - Claude Lambert
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Daniel Ceccaldi
Daniel Ceccaldi (25 July 1927 – 27 March 2003) was a French actor.
He was born in Meaux, Seine-et-Marne, France. The mild-mannered Daniel Ceccaldi is famous as Claude Jade's father ''Lucien Darbon'' in François Truffaut's movies ''Stolen Kis ...
- Maurice Focodel
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Sacha Bourdo
Aleksander "Sacha" Burdo (born 8 January 1962 in Oryol, Russia) is a Russian actor. He has appeared in films including '' The Science of Sleep'' (2006) by Michel Gondry and ''Western
Western may refer to:
Places
*Western, Nebraska, a villag ...
- Denis
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Emmanuel Quatra - Riccardo Fortuna
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Jean-Baptiste Iera - Fabrice Bouillon
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Christelle Cornil - Babette
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Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert - Madame Lambert
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Fernand Guiot
Fernand is a masculine given name of French origin. The feminine form is Fernande.
Fernand may refer to:
People Given name
* Fernand Augereau (1882–1958), French cyclist
* Fernand Auwera (1929–2015), Belgian writer
* Fernand Baldet (1885– ...
- M. de Kimpe
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Antoine de Caunes - Narrator
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Frédéric Renson - Manu
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Pierre Martot - Dr. Epedex
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Éric Naggar
Éric eʁikis a French masculine given name, the equivalent of English Eric. In French-speaking Canada and Belgium it is also sometimes unaccented, and pronounced "Eric" as English with the stress on the "i". A notable French exception is Erik Sa ...
- Le mage
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Michel de Warzée - Mr. Vandenbroek
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François Berland - TV animator
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Fabian Lion - Swedish cyclist
Sources
External links
* https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252665/reference
*http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=29196.html
Belgian comedy films
French comedy films
2001 films
Cycling films
Films set in the 1970s
Films set in Belgium
Films shot in Belgium
Films set in France
Films shot in France
Films directed by Philippe Harel
Cultural depictions of Eddy Merckx
2001 comedy films
2000s French films
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