Summary
In 1969, the grocery store's son and promising cyclist Eddy Merckx took part in the Tour de France for the first time. He devours the competition and is the first to cross the finish line with a lead of more than seventeen minutes. 'The Cannibal' is born.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 69GoodWatch 72
IMDb6.9
Letterboxd · 484 ratings3.4/5
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −12 min on the typical 96
typical 9684Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 4 more
Released
2025
February 6, 2025
Last year
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
French
Original language
Also spoken
ItalianDutchMade in
Belgium
Directing · 2
- Christophe Hermans Director
- Boris Tilquin Director
Production · 4
- Gilles Simonet Producer
- Yann Ollivier Producer
- Patrick Lauber Producer
- Ronald Leclercq Production Director
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