A Sunday Day in Hell ( En forårsdag i Helvede )

A Sunday Day in Hell (DVD) (*)

$24.99

Original Title: En forårsdag i Helvede
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
92 min + 18 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1977 and produced in:
Denmark ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Jørgen Leth

Written By:
Jørgen Leth

Actors:
Roger De Vlaeminck ..... Himself
Marc Demeyer ..... Himself
Freddy Maertens ..... Himself
Eddy Merckx ..... Himself
Ole Ritter ..... Himself

Synopsis:

The film follows the French Paris-Roubaix spring classic, notorious for the hellish paves or cobbled roads of the north 'which are no longer used for traffic but only for transporting cattle - and for cycle races'. We are there from the dawn preparations and rituals on the outskirts of Paris and through the rigours of the race with special focus on a number of prominent cyclists to the final outcome on the Roubaix cycle track - followed by the filthy riders taking their showers. There is also an eye for life among the spectators and the media event as such. The film alternates among different kinds of shot with a view to establishing the most suitable view of the narrative: shots from motorcycles, which are able to convey the motion of the race and provide close ups of the riders in the style of television cycle race reporting; fixed cameras stationed at strategically important points along the route, where viewers can watch riders passing in real time and thus gain a clear overview of the distance between the leaders and the main field: and the Olympian eye of the helicopter shots.

Highly acclaimed Danish filmmaker Jorgen Leth brings you the drama of Paris-Roubaix in a film that became a foreign classic in the United States. A SUNDAY IN HELL is not only a study of the battle between Merckx, De Vlaeminck, Martens and Moser over the pav but it is also a powerful documentary film. A classic psychological and dramatic study of what it means to race in a Spring Classic.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 12 September, 2013.

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