Festival selection / Film

The Armstrong Lie

Name: The Armstrong Lie
Director: Alex Gibney
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2013-09-08
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Cast: Lance Armstrong, Betsy Andreu, Frankie Andreu, Reed Albergotti, Johan Bruyneel

Year: 2013
Director: Alex Gibney
Runtime: 124 min
Genre: Documentary

LFF 13

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Synopsis

In 2009, Alex Gibney was hired to make a film about Lance Armstrong's comeback to cycling. The project was shelved when the doping scandal erupted, and re-opened after Armstrong's confession. The Armstrong Lie picks up in 2013 and presents a riveting, insider's view of the unraveling of one of the most extraordinary stories in the history of sports. As Lance Armstrong says himself, "I didn't live a lot of lies, but I lived one big one."