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Louis Malle follows cyclists doping, crashing, and surviving '62 — in 18 glorious minutes.
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Vive Le Tour (1962)

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Overview

Documentary

A short documentary about the 1962 Tour-de-France. Topics covered include: crowds of people and motorcycles, drinking raids and feeding, pileups, doping, "the charge," and the mountain stages.

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cyclingtour de france

Standout Aspects

Direction

Malle's vérité style predicts modern sports docs by decades.

Editing

Rapid-fire montages of crashes, crowds, and needles. Oof.

Best for:Solo: Late-night rabbit hole into sports history's dirty underbelly.·Rewatch: Pause constantly — every frame is a masterclass.
Heads up:Drug Use: Blunt depiction of 1960s doping — syringes in plain sight.·Disturbing: Real crash injuries; one cyclist keeps riding with torn face.
Louis Malle

Director

Louis Malle

ReleasedOct 1, 1962
Runtime18m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonemixed
Feelmedium
Nouvelles Éditions de Films

Top Cast

Jean Bobet

Jean Bobet

Narrator (voice)

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Trivia

Louis Malle shot this between his features — a rare documentary detour for the French New Wave darling.

Cultural

This unflinching look at doping scandalized France; the Tour's organizers tried to suppress it.

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