Director Jean-Christophe Rosé
Country, yearFRA, 1996
Technical specs colore
Production Istituto Luce
Release date 1996-12-31
Cinecittà rights Production, Domestic rights sales
Documentary
Fausto Coppi: una storia italiana
by Jean-Christophe Rosé
“The greatest cycling champion of all times”, this was and for many connoisseurs still is, the expression used in referring to Coppi. Symbol of a Europe of Sports, which was born long before the European idea was practiced by nations and politicians, Fausto Coppi is also a mirror of society and history in Italy and Europe from 1940 to 1960. Through film archives and “home movies” never seen before, we disco ver the great champion and his peers, stars, ordinary people, the world of politics, fiction film and song.