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Along the Smugglers' Trail
10.0 / 10• 1990• 30m•NR• Italian
DocumentaryAdventure
Storyline
Pierluca Rossi's Lungo La Pista Dei Contrabbandieri (1990) is an adventure documentary about a mountain bike crossing of the 700 km between the towns of Tamarasset and Djanet in the southern Algerian Sahara, from the Hoggar mountain range to the Tassili n'Ajjer. This crossing, supported by a 4x4 truck and a motorcycle, and never before undertaken by bicycle, emphasizes the rediscovered dimension of slowness, similar to the caravans of the Tuareg, in contrast to the unnatural speed of mechanized desert travel in the 1990s, which was considered the norm at the time due to the distorted image provided by the Paris-Dakar Rally and other similar events.
Cast & Crew
Pierluca Rossi
Self
LeadPM
Pieli Monica
Self
TT
Thomas Teora
Self
GP
Giovanni Pierluigi De Cesari
Self
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Pierluca Rossi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
5.0
“Every frame feels alive. Along the Smugglers' Trail is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
