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Icarus

Truth is the new banned substance

7.7 / 10

121 minutes

2017-06-03

Russian

US

Actors :

Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov, Scott Brandt, Ben Stone, Richard Pound, Richard McLaren, Nikita Kamaev, Thomas Bach, Sebastian Coe, Vitaliy Mutko, Dan Cogan, David Howman, Jacques Rogge

Description

While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.