Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert
{{short description|2001 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert
| image = Le_Vélo_de_Ghislain_Lambert-movie_poster.jpg
| caption =
| director = Philippe Harel
| producer = Arnauld de Battice
Bertrand Faivre
Sylvain Goldberg
Adeline Lecallier
Alain Rocca
| writer = Olivier Dazat
Philippe Harel
Benoît Poelvoorde
| narrator = David Saunders
| starring = Benoît Poelvoorde
José Garcia
Daniel Ceccaldi
| music = Philippe Eidel
| cinematography = Gilles Henry
| editing = Bénédicte Teiger
| distributor = BAC Films
| released = {{Film date|2001}}
| runtime = 119 minutes
| country = France, Belgium
| language = French
| budget =
}}
Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert is a 2001 French-Belgian comedy film directed by Philippe Harel.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=29196.html|title = Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert}}
Plot
In the early 1970s Ghislain Lambert, a Belgian cyclist who is born on the same day as Eddy Merckx, 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
- Benoît Poelvoorde - Ghislain Lambert
- José Garcia - Claude Lambert
- Daniel Ceccaldi - Maurice Focodel
- Sacha Bourdo - Denis
- Emmanuel Quatra - Riccardo Fortuna
- Jean-Baptiste Iera - Fabrice Bouillon
- Christelle Cornil - Babette
- Jacqueline Poelvoorde-Pappaert - Madame Lambert
- Fernand Guiot - M. de Kimpe
- Antoine de Caunes - Narrator
- Frédéric Renson - Manu
- Pierre Martot - Dr. Epedex
- Éric Naggar - Le mage
- Michel de Warzée - Mr. Vandenbroek
- François Berland - TV animator
- Fabian Lion - Swedish cyclist
See also
Sources
{{Reflist}}
External links
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0252665/reference
- http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=29196.html
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Category:Films set in the 1970s
Category:Films shot in Belgium
Category:Films directed by Philippe Harel
Category:Cultural depictions of Eddy Merckx
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