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These days & egrave; released in German "Being Bruno Banani" a documentary film that tells the curious story of & nbsp; Fuahea Seeds & nbsp; (better known as & nbsp; Bruno Banani), the first luge island of Tonga to have participated in the Winter Olympics.
Wednesday 16 September 2015 3 minutes reading time
The 'work by & nbsp; & Susann Wentzlaff egrave; was presented to the public only a week ago to & nbsp; Chemnitz after seven long years of filming. The director of Leipzig in fact had started shooting the first images & nbsp; from 2008 the year in which Seeds & nbsp; had taken the first steps in the world of luge.
"This story tains made me really smile, because & egrave; think that a tropical island as Tonga, which has about 100,000 inhabitants sought an athlete to compete in the luge was pretty funny - & nbsp; said Wentzlaff Bild adding - I would never I imagined that from that day onwards the 'I would follow for another seven years accompanying him to race around the world. "
But the 'I expect more & ugrave; incuriusce of this story concerns the 'incredible and somewhat absurd marketing strategy & nbsp; undertaken by Bruno Banani, un''azienda underwear and perfumes of Saxony, who pushed to change Seeds & nbsp; his first name with that corporate brand & nbsp; in exchange for a substantial financial package. & nbsp;
From then on for Bruno Banani have been opened so many doors even that dell''ambitissima German national who allowed him to train alongside the likes of phenomena sledging Felix Loch. The 'Polynesian athlete during these seven years & egrave; He managed to establish itself among the best 35 tobogganists the world, winning the bronze medal at the Pan American championships in 2011 and taking part in the Olympic Games in Sochi in 2014.
At present the documentary film & egrave; only available in theaters in Saxony, but not & egrave; except that soon will be distributed The other foreign countries.
A side dell''articolo & egrave; You can see the trailer of the film.
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