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Director(s):
GUETARY (HELENE)
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Producer(s):
ARTE FRANCE, STEAMBOAT FILMS
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2009
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Language(s):
German, English, French
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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.