FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT

AFRICA RACE TWO BROTHERS BETWEEN AND 5 × 52 min. Written and directed by Arman T. Rihai HD, Stereo Executive producer: Susanne Degn

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It’s the adventure of a lifetime! Tobias Moretti and Gregor Bloéb, two Austrian stage and fi lm actors, set out to conquer the original course from Paris to Dakar by in the Africa Race 2013. The factual entertainment series ‘Africa Race — Two Brothers between Paris and Dakar’ accompanies the two brothers on their tireless battle through the desert as they push themselves to their limits: 13 days of madness on , following the course of the world’s most legendary rally from Paris to Dakar.

After arriving in , the brothers face the fi rst timed stage of the race. They set off, battle heir friend and mentor, the motocross their way through the fi rst kilometres of sand legend Heinz Kinigadner, helps them to and cross their fi rst fi nish line. make their dream come true: Months before the rally begins, he and his team After the fi rst stage, their athletic ambition Tuse every minute they have to prepare the two has been awakened and the brothers are right passionate hobby endurance racers for this huge in the thick of the competition. Tobias gets challenge. In their homeland of Tyrol and at nervous and falls behind at an early stage, training camps in Ibiza, on Styria’s Erzberg, in but Gregor shows his athletic prowess. The Morocco and in Tunisia, the brothers perfect differences between the two brothers are their riding skills under the guidance of Marc refl ected, for example, at the Erzberg Rodeo, Coma and , both of whom have the hardest endurance race in the world, which won the Dakar Rally several times. they participated in months earlier in order to prepare themselves for the rally. This extraordinary series interweaves stories from the men’s private lives, careers, race prepa- Shortly after this fi rst race, Tobias suffers a rations and race participation in non-chronologi- serious injury that also affects his riding method. cal order to create an exciting and timeless story While Gregor is euphoric, Tobias focuses on his about two brothers, their bond and one of the imminent comeback. He persistently battles his last great adventures of our time. The result is way back not only with the help of his family a touching story about friendship, strength and and his team, but also through sheer strength family. of will.

The story begins in Paris, from where the two Along the last few metres of their adventure, brothers, Tobias and Gregor, drive to the actual the protagonists see a light at the end of the start of the race in Saint-Cyprien and to the ferry tunnel. They ultimately cross the fi nish line ride that takes them to on the African together in Dakar, where their wives eagerly mainland. At the same time, the series shows await them … the two brothers going about their daily lives before the start of the race. The two men’s Produced by Terra Mater Factual Studios in wives, Nina Proll and Julia Moretti, as well as association with West4Media Filmproduction friends like the Austrian Formula 1 legend Gerhard Berger offer emotional insight.