Estonian premiere

Villeneuve Pironi

Local title
Villeneuve Pironi
Director
Torquil Jones
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2022
Festival
27th Black Nights Film Festival
Programme
Estonian Olympic Committee Sports Film Programme
Subject
sport, cars

Teammates on the Ferrari racing team, Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi are forever linked by a controversial finish in the 1982 San Marino Grand Prix that foreshadowed future catastrophe.

Told through compelling interviews by both the Villeneuve and Pironi families, a friendship becomes a rivalry, and a rivalry becomes a tragedy in this Shakespearean tale of two Formula 1 giants.

Director
Torquil Jones
Producer
Paola Desiderio, Drew Masters, John McKenna, Catherine Quantschnigg
DoP
Andrew White
Editor
Ian Grech
Composer
Nainita Desai
Production
Noah Media Group, SKY Studios
World sales
Noah Media Group
Runtime
Language
Italian, English, French
Subtitles
English
Director
Torquil Jones

Torquil Jones (1984)

Filmography:
Bobby Robson in Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager (2018, doc), Take His Legs (2019, doc), 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible (2021, doc), Villeneuve Pironi (2022, doc)

ESTONIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE SPORTS FILM PROGRAMME

Screenings

1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening041103 / Villeneuve Pironi
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening121202 / Villeneuve Pironi
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
3rd Hall Apollo Kino Lõunakeskus, Tartu
Screening134302 / Villeneuve Pironi
SubtitlesEnglish
Screening duration
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