The Roaring Forties

The Roaring Forties

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 11, 1982

Runtime

2h 12m

Genres

Adventure

User Score

59%

Original Title

Les 40èmes Rugissants

Production Companies

TF1 Films Production, Cinéma 7, Tele München

Director

Christian de Chalonge

Description

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.