Le Mans

Le Mans

1971 · 104 min · EN · G · 6.8 (206 votes)
Dir. Lee H. Katzin · Starring Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Fred Haltiner, Luc Merenda · Music Michel Legrand

Steve McQueen takes you for a drive in the country. The country is France. The drive is at 200 MPH!

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Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.

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A visceral, almost hypnotic dive into the high-octane world of professional racing. It captures the raw danger and the psychological toll on drivers, blending the roar of engines with a haunting, introspective mood.

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