Documentarytellingthestoryoftheworld'scraziestrace.
In1977,FrenchmotorcyclistThierrySabinewasinserioustrouble,lostintheLibyandesertanddyingfromthirst.Whilstmostmenwouldweepandthinkbackovertheirlives,Thierrythoughtaboutcomingback-todoarallyacrosstheSaharaDesert.The9,000kmParis-Dakarrallywasborn.
Therallybecameabeaconforeccentricadventurersbattlingtheterrainincustomisedvehicles,seducedbytheromanceofthedesertandtheextremechallenge.Itsoonbecameavictimofitsownrapidsuccess.Caughtupincontroversyandwithover60deaths,in2008thisincredibleeventwasbroughttoanendinAfricabyterrorism.
FeaturingwinnersCyrilNeveu,HubertAuriol,Jean-LouisSchlesser,AriVatanen,StephanePeterhansel,MartinedeCortanze,formerparticipantSirMarkThatcherandmanymore,thisisthestoryofthebiggestmotorsporteventtheworldhaseverseenandoneofthegreatestchallengesofhumanendeavoureverconceived,toldbythosewhotookpart.
Howthewesttookonalandscapeofincrediblebeautyandscale.Andlost.
