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Because he knows how to use the media, raise money and mobilizing energies around him, exercise his talents both on land and sea, even as far as the corridors of power, performs feats he alone believes in (victory in the English Transat, first to sail around the world in a multihull, building of a 236-foot long four-master), Alain Colas became the most famous solo sailor in the world and this in a matter of seven years. The loss of his foot in an accident in 1975, a defeat in the 1976 English Transat, a mysterious disappearance in 1978, during the first Rhum Route, have only contributed to his legend. The members of his family and friends and those who dealt with him talk about this unusual individual.

France - 2004 - 52 mn - DV - Colour

Director Philippe Abalan Camera Philippe Matthieu Sound Patrice Hennetier Editing Jean-Patrice Rouillé Music Maximilien Mathevon

Production Aber Images, 24, quai de la Douane, 29200 Brest, France Tél : +33 (0)2 9846 9526 Fax : +33 (0)2 9846 1428 E-mail : aberbrest@free.fr

Sales Dominique Foucault, 18 rue Belle Feuille, 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France Tél : +33 (0)6 7285 6789 E-mail : dominique-foucault@wanadoo.fr