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58 min

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Shaking the Bones

Zatřást kostmi

Directing: Břetislav Rychlík

Synopsis

The film focuses on the way of a human being towards his dream. It shows a unique performance of a multiple world champion in riding the historic high bike, Josef Zimovčák. Last year he covered the track of the Tour de France. After a fall, he successfully finished the race with a broken rib, cracked shoulder bone, broken jaw, without several teeth and with many abrasions. The film covers the time span starting with his rehabilitation and his decision to cover the track of Giro d´ Italia in 2006. Josef Zimovčák would have been the first person that might have managed it, though he lost one eye in an accident in his childhood.
The point is not only the sports performance itself. It is about a human being in an absolutely peak situation, in a unique situation worldwide which tests all his physical and mental capacities. It is about a human struggle that transcends itself. It reflects "an eternal aspect" of a human being that makes us fight with our own limits, overcome rooted norms and break clichés.
After 3.300 kilometres, the ride turned into a tragedy. In the penultimate stage, Josef Zimovčák was 226 kilometres far from his destination - Milan. Forty kilometres from the ruck of cyclists the tragedy happened. A car driven by a member of the supporting team had a crash with a German motor-biker who died. Josef Zimovčák immediately decided to give up and terminated the race. He did not give precedence to his dream over a human life and over the tragedy of his friend.
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