The Roaring Forties (1982)

6.6/10 132 min Adventure

Overview

Julien is an electronics professional who is down on his luck when he decides to enter an international sailboat race. He is led astray from his original good intentions by a low-life press agent who convinces him it would be well worth his while to win the race by illegal maneuvering. As he sets off, flashbacks tell how he came to be on the sailboat; later he has long monologues -- several of them, and in-between he occasionally battles to stay afloat on an uncooperative sea.

Cast

Jacques Perrin

Julien Dantec

Julie Christie

Catherine Dantec

Michel Serrault

Sébastien Barral

Gila von Weitershausen

Emilie Dubuisson

Heinz Weiss

Joss

François Perrot

TV presenter

Bernard Lincot

Janvier

René Dupré

Pietro Corres

André G. Brunelin

Race commissioner

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