DON SERGIO L HOMME QUI REINVENTA L AUTOMOBILE

Описание: Don Sergio is a dreamer. Born in a small valley in northern Ecuador, the son of poor peasant farmers, his future would not seem to preordain him to any particular ambition or fantasy. Don Sergio Enrique Espinoza believes he was born sometime around the month of September 1917. 50 years later, when he finally earned himself the rights to enjoy the fruits of his own labour (a cow, a pig, a goat and a hectare of sugar cane) close to the River Intag, he founded Ecuador's first car manufacturer taking advantage of the abondance of his favorite primary material : wood.The first ten years he spent gathering together miscellaneous pieces of scrap. He worked his way relentlessy towards his goal : he sculpted spoked wheels of wood, improvised drum brakes out of hooped barrels, turned the cogs of a wheat mill into a huge one speed gearbox, made an oil pump into an air chamber and finally refurbished an old Briggs and Stratton tractor engine. His first tests were disastrous: humming mons-trously the motor turned over to no avail but eventually he got it to work. Clutching the steering wheel giddy with excitement he set off at his top speed of 8 km/h. His lifelong dream had finally been realised. Now 78 years old, with a grizzled beard he travels from one end of the country to the other, alone in the vehicle he himself invented and built with his own hands out of pieces of scrap.

A 26 minutes documentary produced by Christian Cascio and directed by Philippe Molins. A World Life production in association with Canal+.