• Director(s):

    GUETARY (HELENE)

  • Producer(s):

    ARTE FRANCE, STEAMBOAT FILMS

  • Territories:

    Worldwide.

  • Production year:

    2009

  • Language(s):

    German, English, French

  • Rights:

    NON-THEATRICAL, TV, VOD, DVD, INTERNET, MOBILE

" A silent engine so that you can hear the sounds of the countryside and bird singing, a 20 mi/h limited speed so you can enjoy the scenery and feel the breeze on your skin without having to wear a leather outfit that isolates you from the outside world, the act of starting the engine with pedals so you don't go numb¿ "

Jacques Sternberg's tribute to the Velosolex confirms the ever growing sympathy for this little vehicle since its launching in 1946. The well-advised businessmen and engineers Maurice Goudard and Marcel Menesson started in 1916 their project of a fully motorized bike equipped of a gasoline engine fixed on the friction-driven nose wheel. This film brings back to us the story of the famous French moped which, by its distinctive style, imposed itself in a society economically booming as well as socially mutating.