Le Monstre is an exceptional documentary: for more than 50 days, Tanguy Conq immersed himself, camera in hand, as close as possible to the Transat Jacques Vabre organization teams, to the point where he blended into the background, a close observer of the slightest twists and turns of an extraordinary edition. From the negotiations with the classes and the tugs to the last nightly weather briefing, not forgetting the increasing pressure on the shoulders of the race directors, we sweat for those who have to give the start. The result is a film that tells us more than ever about the complexities of organizing an ocean race with almost 100 competitors, while the meteorological monster that is Storm Ciaran, with its 55 knot winds and 8 meter waves, prepares to mow down the tip of the continent.
—SailorZ