Le Mans Classic

(07)

End

of the day

The wait for the next bevy of cars to pass exposes the reality of family outings: everybody has different reasons for being there, and that's exactly what makes it so interesting.

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N°01

Pierre bombards his son Antoine with technical details about the Porsche 917: "It's the car that won Le Mans in 1970, you know." Antoine looks up from his games console, suddenly interested. He knows the 917 from Gran Turismo! But here in the real world, it actually vibrates, it smells of fuel and hot oil. The pixels become flesh. Dad presses on with the stubborn tenderness of fathers who want to share their obsessions, not noticing that his son is beginning to understand the difference between virtual and real.

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N°02

(07)

Ferrari 250 GTO

Isabelle has had enough of the racket but is still fascinated by the perfect lines of the cars. The E-Type Jag, what pure beauty! The Ferrari 250 GTO, what a gorgeous red! She photographs the curves, the chrome, the details of the bodywork.

Her artist's eye catches what other people don't get: these cars are first and foremost moving works of art. Her Instagram account isn't empty content, it's about curating an aesthetic. She fulfils her mission as an artist, revealing beauty where others see nothing but machines.

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N°03

Antoine puts down his tablet. He's driven the Ford GT40 that's roaring past thousands of times in the digital universe, but now… The ground vibrating beneath his feet, the smell of fuel, the roar in his belly. Gran Turismo gave him the codes, reality gives him sensations. With stars in his eyes, he discovers that the virtual world was just the trailer for the real thing.

18:15

(07)

Modern

Family

The modern family in all its contradictory splendour. Each member experiences the event in their own way: Dad wallowing in his mechanical nostalgia, Mum showing the beauty of form, their son finally making the connection between pixels and reality.

And strangely enough, it works. Not because there's perfect harmony, but because everyone brings their own way of seeing things. The art of 21st-century family togetherness: three different perspectives on the same world of automotive beauty.

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