Episode 4: Le Tour de France

Cinéfolle Episode 4 (duration 32:45 - MP3 file size 29.9 MB)

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What can I say?  The Tour de France is over for another year.  It's dogged in scandal.  In a year that's been depressing for cycling fans, this was just the icing on the cake.

What to do?  What to do?

Why, watch a movie, of course.  But not just any movie.  A movie that reminds the Cinéfolle why she likes the sport in the first place, and restores her faith in all that is good about cycling.  Oh, there's a dose of reality, but like all good movies, it leaves you feeling fulfilled at the end.

So what are you waiting for?  Download the episode now, and let's get on with it!

Additional Links:

Quirky Nomads

Chub Creek -- and how could I forget the Dink Doll's own web page?  These wonderful dolls were created by Brenda Dayne of Cast-On, and they are now involved in an amazing World Tour.

The essay by Philippe Delerm (and I wondered if he was Vincent Delerm's father!) that I spoke about can be found in English.  I didn't know that before this, now I'm curious to see how it was translated!

You can check out stills from the movie at Benoît Poelvoorde's web site.

Featured Film:

Le vélo de Ghislain Lambert (2001. Directed by Philippe Harel, Starring Benoît Poelvoorde, José Garcia and Daniel Ceccaldi)

Featured Music (all from the Podsafe Music Network):

Bikeride by Scanlan
Flowvalescence by Dave of Chub Creek

Comments

[Graeme]

No, don't beg, it's unseemly. Bribery is acceptable however!
Enjoyed the show but it would have been better in your Tik Tov accent. Grrr.

[k]

Graeme -- I do believe bribery is being planned on the part of some CC listeners in order to "convince" you to send the dolls to them. Evidently, the dolls are a hot commodity.

Alas, poor TikTov's voice can only be done in snippets. I'd never be able to sustain that for 30 minutes!

[Guenter Wilde]

Hi Katherine,

gratulations for getting to host the chub creek dolls :)

I envy you, a lot ;)

[Cynthia]

I vote that Guenter gets them next. I would say I'd take the boys to a ren faire and let them see those laced up wenches, but alas I won't be able to get there in time.
Thank you Katherine.

[CityMinx]

The Empire State Buiding. Rockfeller Center. Chinatown. Soho. Yankees game. In the trailer, doing some makeup on an actor. Central Park. Ziegfield Theater. With the cast and crew of Rent. In a taxi cab. On the Brooklyn Bridge.

I think the dolls would enjoy New York, don't you?

; >

-Minx