Jeux de la XXIème olympiade

Apr 21 1977 Not Rated 1h 58m
Documentary, Sport

Edited from almost 100 km of film footage shot during the Games, this feature documentary is a breathtaking portrait of the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Much more than a simple record of the Games, the film approaches each event with the intention of revealing the athlete - whether winner or loser - as a unique individual.

Plot

-The Olympic Stadium in Montreal (Canada) stands during a snowstorm into the 1976-77 winter season. As we see it, it makes us remember that the Olympic Games were there several months ago. The movie rather depicts other great stories, other than the media told: among them, we followed Soviet gymnast Nelly Kim, who fell second behind Romanian Nadia Comaneci and other stories attached to this 15 days of glory. This movie depicts the events on a human side rather than the glamorous side. It mostly ends with the moving theme done by André Gagnon and played during the marathon, an event which the runners had to face rain.

Written by

Georges Seltzer

Directed by

Jean Beaudin, Marcel Carrière, Georges Dufaux

Cast

Vasiliy Alekseev, Mykola Avilov, Gerd Bonk

Crew

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Production Countries

Canada

Production Companies

ONF | NFB

Languages

Français

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
328
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA