SummarySeasoned ‘Super-domestique’, Dom Chabol, experiences the most dramatic three days of his life as he faces the end of his time with his team, the end of his career, and even the end of his life, at the opening Irish stages of the notorious 1998 Tour de France, known as the ‘Tour Du Dopage’. Hope comes in the form of dynamic young Irish medical gra... Read More
Directed By:Kieron J. Walsh
Written By:Ciaran Cassidy, Kieron J. Walsh, Sean Cook
The Racer
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Dec 30, 2020
80
The Racer will attract fans of cycling and those who enjoy a good drama, as it’s a fresh take on the sports drama formula.
Dec 30, 2020
70
Talpe is excellent in the lead, his tightly-honed physique an increasingly transparent veneer for his troubled emotional state.
Dec 30, 2020
60
It is a strong, stoic performance from Talpe in a film that doesn’t allow its secondary characters much nuance.
Dec 30, 2020
60
What the film does very well is show how doping became so normalised. It’s as much a part of the team’s routine as a post-race rubdown.
Dec 30, 2020
40
There is some nice insight into cycling-team practices, but overall The Racer lacks sufficient nuance, specificity and originality to nab the yellow jersey.
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Production Company:
- Blinder Films
- Calach Films
- Caviar Films
- Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland
- Luxembourg Film Fund
- Eurimages
- Screen Flanders
- Inevitable Pictures
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ)
- Caviar Film Financing
- Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
- Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD)
- Particular Crowd
Release Date:Sep 18, 2020
Duration:1 h 35 m
Tagline:The race is won by the one who suffers the most.
