Senna

2010
PG-13
1h 46m

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8.5/10

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A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.

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A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.A documentary on Brazilian Formula One racing driver Ayrton Senna, who won the F1 world championship three times before his death at age 34.

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IMDb RATING

8.5/10

78K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 2 BAFTA Awards
- 20 wins & 19 nominations total

Self
(archive footage)

Reginaldo Leme

Self
(voice)

John Bisignano

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(voice)

Neyde Senna

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(voice)
(as Neide Senna)

Richard Williams

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(voice)

Mili Okada

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(archive footage)

Ron Dennis

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(voice)

Viviane Senna

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(voice)

Alain Prost

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(voice)

Pierre Van Vliet

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(voice)

Vera Lucia Caixeta

Self
(archive footage)

Arnaldo Jabor

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(archive footage)

Xuxa

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(archive footage)

Jean-Marie Balestre

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(archive footage)

Martin Donnelly

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(archive footage)

Nelson Piquet

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(archive footage)

Jackie Stewart

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(archive footage)

Sid Watkins

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(voice)

Director
- Asif Kapadia
Writer
- Manish Pandey
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Trivia
This is the first film about Ayrton Senna that had the approval and support of his family and also the organization of Formula One Management, which gave unprecedented images of Senna.

Goofs
When the caption introduces the scene as "Monte Carlo Grand Prix, 14th of May 1988", the onboard footage from Senna's McLaren is infact from the same race two years later. (1990) This becomes apparent when Senna is seen lapping the Brabham car driven by Stefano Modena, who in 1988 drove for the Eurobrun team. Static interference appears to cut the clip short to indicate Senna's race ending crash at Portier. There is then a cut to the aftermath of the accident which is footage from the 1988 race; the camera we were watching the onboard from has now vanished, because the MP4/4 that Senna drove in 1988 didn't actually have an onboard camera, unlike the MP4/5 of 1990. Also noteworthy is that the Hugo Boss logo on the side of Senna's helmet inverts from being black text on a white background during onboard footage (1990) to white text on a black background when Senna climbs out. (1988)

Quotes
Sid Watkins: [after the death of Roland Ratzenberger] Ayrton got very, very upset and cried a bit, and that's when I said to him, you know Ayrton you've been three times world champion, you're the fastest man in the world, and you like fishing. So I said why don't you quit, and I'll quit, and we'll just go fishing. And he said Sid, I can't quit.

Crazy credits
While the credits roll, we see home movies by the Senna family.

Alternate versions
UK blu-ray edition includes extended version at a running time of 162 minutes

Connections
Featured in Breakfast: Episode dated 3 June 2011 (2011)

Soundtracks
Requiem
From the motion picture "Collateral"
Written and performed by Antonio Pinto
Courtesy of Paramount Pictures

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Featured review

10/10

Perfect narrative, thrilling documentary, wonderful music, pure emotion!

This documentary is flawless, it's narrative perfect, it's thrilling, I could not imagine another way of depicting this awesome history. The soundtrack is great, the documentary flows in such a wonderful way, real drama, marvelous histories, some funny parts as well, it's life in it's beauty and it's true form.

We get to know so many things about the formula 1 politics and internal struggles at that period.

Memorable sentences from the documentary:

Senna: -¨Formula 1 is too much money, too much politics¨

Jean-Marie Balestre (FIA ex-President): -¨The best decision is my decision¨

It's so exciting to see the rivalry between Alain Prost and Senna, possibly one of the greatest duels on the history of sports. There are few movies/documentaries that I would give a ¨11¨ out of 10 and this is one, together with amazing documentary Bus 174, from José Padilha (the director of Elite Squad).

A documentary is good when is true to reality, and is awesome when is great to watch as ¨Senna¨ is, a perfect tribute to such a hero. The history of Senna is so inspiring, he is a true champion by all means, as a professional, and as a human being, that's way this is for sure a "must see movie".