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Breakaway Femmes

2025 · 90 min

A warm, wistful look back at a lost sporting era, mixing archival thrills with a quiet sense of injustice.

Directed by
Eleanor Sharpe
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Marianne Martin, Maria Canins, Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
Tagline
The forgotten women
Overview
The untold story of the halcyon era of women's professional cycling. For six glorious years during the 1980s, the Tour de France held a women's race alongside the men's race. These women raced over the same cobblestones, conquered the same mountains, and were cheered by the same throng of adoring crowds as the men.

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Directed by
Eleanor Sharpe
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Marianne Martin, Maria Canins, Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • gender
  • sport
  • justice
  • memory
  • ambition
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Eleanor Sharpe
Written by
Eleanor Sharpe
Starring
Marianne Martin, Maria Canins, Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli, Kelly-Ann Way, Luxia Chen, Betsy King, Patty Peoples, Marc Madiot
Cinematography
Richard Kickbush
Runtime
90 min

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