The Cyclist (1989)
• February 1st, 1989 • 1h 19min
Drama
Overview
The wife of Nasim, an Afghan immigrant in Iran, is gravely ill. He needs money to pay for her care, but his day labor digging wells does not pay enough. A friend connects Nasim to a two-bit promoter who sells tickets to watch Nasim ride a bicycle continuously for a week. The promoter brings in sick and aged spectators, haranguing them to find hope in Nasim's strength. Aided by his son, who feeds him as he rides, Nasim grinds out the days and shivering nights. Local officials believe this may be a plot and Nasim may be a spy; they try to sabotage him as do those who bet he won't finish the week. Will desperation alone get Nasim the money? Is any triumph an illusion?
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Shadow of Glory
Released on: 1962-01-01
Romance, Drama
An ex-motorcycle racing champion who gave up the sport after a serious crash meets a charming girl w...
Code Unknown
Released on: 2000-11-15
Drama
A series of events unfold like a chain reaction, all stemming from a minor event that brings the fil...
The Wild One
Released on: 1953-12-30
Drama
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise...
Kandahar
Released on: 2001-05-11
Drama
After an Afghanistan-born woman who lives in Canada receives a letter from her suicidal sister, she ...
Manila Death Squad
Released on: 2017-02-01
Crime, Drama
An ambitious journalist challenges the leader of a violent vigilante group to a high-stakes drinking...
Hell's Bloody Devils
Released on: 1970-05-28
Drama, Action, Crime
Bikers, Nazis, Mafiosi, and the FBI all clash in this wild and wooly exploitation picture from direc...
Kill Dil
Released on: 2014-11-13
Action, Drama, Romance
Once upon a time in North India, two killers – Dev and Tutu - roamed free. Abandoned when young and ...
The Vancouver Asahi
Released on: 2014-09-29
Drama
In pre-WWII Vancouver, second-generation Japanese immigrants had it tough. Daily, they faced discrim...
The Girl on a Motorcycle
Released on: 1968-06-21
Drama, Action, Thriller, Romance
Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike - symbol of freedom ...
Kabul Express
Released on: 2006-12-15
Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Five people - two Indian journalists, an American journalist, an Afghan guide and a Pakistani soldie...
Bolt
Released on: 1995-10-01
Drama, Action, Crime
A tough New Jersey biker named Bolt travels across the country heading west. He encounters old gang ...
God Willing
Released on: 2006-01-30
Drama, Romance
After a couple of chance encounters the nightly meetings with Juli become the most important thing i...
Summer of 85
Released on: 2020-07-14
Romance, Drama
What do you dream of when you're 16-years-old and in a seaside resort in Normandy in the 1980s? A be...
Last Resort
Released on: 2000-02-23
Drama, Romance
Tanya leaves Moscow with her street-wise 10-year-old son Artiom to meet her English fiancée in Londo...
Kandahar
Released on: 2010-02-04
Drama
A docudrama about the escape of Russian pilots after being taken hostage by the Taliban in 1996.
According To Plan A
Released on:
Drama
Set in Silicon Valley, the film tells the story of Abhi, a young immigrant techie who hopes to get f...
Aïssa
Released on: 2014-03-11
Drama
Aïssa is a Congolese immigrant in France. She says that she is under eighteen but the authorities co...
Saeed
Released on: 2019-04-28
Drama
Even though Sami is safe in the United States with his 9-year-old daughter, Aya, the injures sustain...
The Avocado
Released on: 2019-11-15
Drama, Romance
Raul finally gets the courage to ask his co-worker, Rosa out on a date. When the day arrives, Raul i...