Mixirica — There Is No Finish Line
A documentary following Marcelo Florentino Soares — 'Mixirica', one of Brazil's leading ultracyclists — through the Race Across America: over 5,000 kilometres, coast to coast, across deserts, mountains, and extreme conditions, in a race where the clock never stops. More than a sports story, it is a sensory immersion in time, the body, and isolation — a journey shaped by effort, silence, and obsession. In finalization — seeking completion funding; this teaser was made in post-production to present the project and raise funds for its completion.
A low-angle black-and-white portrait of the cyclist in a white beanie, gazing upward
A close-up of a Brazilian newspaper page headlined 'the most exhausting ride in the world', a route map alongside
An aerial wide of a lone cyclist on a road threading an immense green valley
A desert gas station glows at dusk, an old truck and a lone palm beside it
From behind, the cyclist rides into the dusk toward distant mesas
A tree-lined road, a cyclist small against a speed-limit sign
The silhouettes of a burnt forest ridge against a deep blue dusk
A crew member and a mechanic tend to the race bike beside the support van marked 'Live Coverage'
Two crew members in hi-vis vests push the stuck race support van across a stretch of desert
Credits
- Arthur Villares
- Marcelo 'Mixirica' Soares
- Uruca