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Documentary

Villeneuve Pironi

- Racing's untold tragedy.

Villeneuve Pironi tells the astonishing story of Canadian Formula 1 legend Gilles Villeneuve and French star Didier Pironi, two fearless Ferrari Formula 1 racing drivers, forever torn apart by a historic and hugely controversial moment in time.

Release Date : 2022-11-12

Language :FrenchItalianEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Noah Media GroupSky Studios

Production Country : ItalyUnited Kingdom

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Cast

Joann Villeneuve

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Joann Villeneuve

Gender : Male

Melanie Villeneuve

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Original Name : Melanie Villeneuve

Gender : Male

Jacques Villeneuve

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Jacques Villeneuve

Gender : Male

Catherine Goux

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Catherine Goux

Gender : Female

Alain Prost

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Alain Prost

Gender : Male

Didier Pironi

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Didier Pironi

Gender : Male

Gilles Pironi

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Original Name : Gilles Pironi

Gender : Male

Gilles Villeneuve

Character Name : Self (Archive footage) (Uncredited)

Original Name : Gilles Villeneuve

Gender : Male

Didier Pironi

Character Name : Self (Archive footage) (Uncredited)

Original Name : Didier Pironi

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-03-23

Torquil Jones and his archive research team are to be commended for sourcing some pretty amazing library footage as Gilles Villeneuve joined and dominated the Ferrari F1 team until the arrival of Frenchman Didier Pironi and then the wheels, quite literally, all came off. This is a story of a tragic rivalry that I suspect few will recall. It is a personal affair. Contributions from those close to both drivers - intimately and professionally - help us to realise just how cut-throat the business of Formula One was. I couldn't help feeling that I was being manoeuvred, though. Watch for yourself, but I definitely felt that the editorial was steering me more to one camp than the other - and I didn't particularly like that. What is clear, though, is that both men were extremely focussed, adrenalin junkies who took risk as little more than an occupational hazard, and that is well illustrated in this quickly paced documentary that immerses us in the competitiveness and dangers of a sport largely devoid of even the most basic of (modern) safety precautions. If you are at all interested in the history of the engineering, the politics and the personalities of this sport, then this is certainly worth a watch - and on a big screen if you can.