Originally Posted by
vane171
From your description, the movie really seems to turn about totally different things than bicycling...
It's a really good coming-of age movie about young men at the beginning of their adult lives learning how the world works. Cycling is just one of the vehicles used for telling the story. It also won an Oscar for Best Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078902/awards Watch the whole thing. You might actually enjoy it.