Taming the Apex
4 Racing drivers.
4 Stories.
4 Fascinating chapters from the world of Motorsport.
Watch them put their lives on the line in this behind-the-scenes journey into the heart of elite motor racing, through the eyes of four racers, each on a path to their own destiny.
Not just footage of motor racing shot in the pit lane, trackside and after-race interviews, this is a real insight in to the lives of real racing drivers: the passion, the adrenaline, the unprecedented dedication, the glory, as well as the constant struggle, the physical and mental pain, the risk and the sacrifice.
This film is not only a racing driver’s vision from behind his visor, but more a vision of a man staring at his destiny down the barrel of a gun.
Project Details
Director: Serge Ioan Celebidachi
Producer: Reg Bekker
Cast: Bruce Jouanny, Duncan Tappy, Franck Perera, Sam Bird
Date: 2012 (Completed)
Duration: 1 x 98min Film
TAMING THE APEX
Director
Serge Ioan Celebidachi
Producers
Reg Bekker
Olivier Rakotoniaina
Directors of Photography
Abderrafia El Abdioui
Erik Wilson
Camera Operators
Baptiste Merlin
Erik Wilson
Reg Bekker
William Reed
Tijmen Veldhuizen
Stuart Nicholas White
Johathan le Roux
Sound Recordists
Michel Pretre
Xavier Remy
Clement Escaffre
Sound Editors
Reg Bekker
Make‐up Artists
Nadine Pyke (Nadine Pyke Makeup & Hair)
Louise Walsh (Nadine Pyke Makeup & Hair)
Lucy Friend (Nadine Pyke Makeup & Hair)
Corinne Bossu – Independent
Samantha Penne -‐ independent
Editor
Reg Bekker
Assistant Editors
William Reed
Richard Crandon
Production Assistants
Alice Riley
Corinne Bossu
Characters
Sam Bird
The Fighter
Bruce Jouanny
The Mentor
Duncan Tappy
The Challenger
Franck Perera
The Prodigy
John Bird
Sam’s Father
Diane Bird
Sam’s Mother
Max Bird
Sam’s Brother
Mellie Jarvis
Sam’s Girlfriend
Steve Tappy
Duncan’s Father
Lori Sims
Duncan’s Girlfriend
Jean Pierre Jouanny
Bruce Father
Sarah Buller
Bruce’s Girlfriend
James Olivier
Manager of
Sam
Duncan
Franck
Serge Ioan Celebidachi
Investor
Adrian de Meyer
Bruce Manager
Stephane Roux
Barman
Michael Bettencourt
(ami de Franck a Cannes)
Dina Zade
(The Girl by the swimming pool)
Mat KOHN
(The PR of the Nightclub)
David O’Leary
Angry Bar Customer 1
Yvonne Dietz
Angry Bar Customer 2
Joe Teague
Restaurant Manager
Dominic Bon de Sousa Pernes
Restaurant Owner Manager
Lynn Huddart
Bar Extra
Iryna Gaillat
Bar Extra
Lindford
The Tortes
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Sergiu Celibidache’s Garden
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Octave
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Edward & Lulu
