FILM SYNOPSIS
When Filipe Leite leaves his adoptive home of Canada, the aspiring journalist sets out on an epic quest to ride from Calgary to his family's home in Brazil - and later beyond - entirely on horseback. Inspired by Aimé Tschiffely's 1925 equestrian journey, Filipe's 8 year odyssey of over 25,000 kms across 12 international borders, sees the young immigrant battle intense heat, drought, speeding transport trucks, nature's wrath and corrupt border guards on his history-making long ride home.
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"Filipe made a historically important equestrian journey, overcame tremendous challenges, suffered in the saddle (physically and emotionally), and after a Herculean effort rode into his beloved hometown in triumph."
- Cuchullaine O'Reilly, Founder of the Long Riders' Guild, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers' Club
- Cuchullaine O'Reilly, Founder of the Long Riders' Guild, Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and the Explorers' Club
