FILMS

At 17-years-old, Julien has a great sense of humor, loads of charm, and cerebral palsy. In a bid to bond, Julien challenges his father to participate with him in the Ironman race, a triathlon in which his father has previously competed. Doing the race alone is an incredible challenge, but completing it together with Julien would be nearly impossible. Still, his father agrees and the two set out to train for and compete in one of the most intense races on earth. The Finishers is a moving portrait of the love between a father and his son.

“This story of a father heroically joining a triathlon with his wheelchair-bound kid is shamelessly sentimental but tough to resist…(T)he film’s heart is hard to deny, and its tech credits, especially Laurent Machuel’s cinematography and Jean-Michel Simonet’s production design, are exceedingly handsome.” —Variety