WONDERFUL LOSERS: A DIFFERENT WORLD

NUOSTABIEJI LŪZERIAI

By Arunas MATELIS

TRENTINO FILM FUND AND COMMISSION - as FIN

Documentary - Completed 2017

Arunas Matelis followed the Sancho Panza's of professional cycling for 7 years during the prestigious „Giro d’Italia“ and reveals the unseen world of these wonderful losers running at the back of the race.

Festivals
& Awards

Warsaw FF 2017
Documentary Competition Best Documentary Feature
Tallinn Black Nights IFF 2017
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Epic, Biography
    • Countries
    • LITHUANIA, ITALY, SWITZERLAND, BELGIUM, LATVIA, UNITED KINGDOM, IRELAND, SPAIN
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN, ENGLISH, DUTCH
    • Duration
    • 71 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Arunas MATELIS
    • Synopsis
    • For most of us, those cyclists running at the back of the race are simply the losers. They are called water carriers, domestics, gregarious, who sacrifice their careers and personal victories, so their team leaders can win the race.
      Arunas Matelis followed these Sancho Panza's of professional cycling for 7 years during the prestigious „Giro d’Italia“ and reveals the unseen world of these wonderful losers of professional cycling from the point of view of the doctors’ team. Our bike heroes crash, rise --- and race again.