Rozy's Green Porsche
DO IT AS I AM
Ronald Lebel, Rozy, 67, retired plasterer, speed lover and transgender. Until recently Rozy swore only to American big cars, but after having tested a Porsche, his life changed. In 2 years he buys 2 used Porsches, but it is not enough, he goes to the dealership and buys himself a brand new Porsche. A little splurge, as he says, of $130,000. We accompany Rozy to Stuttgart in Germany to see him take possession of his dream car.
Theme: Rozy tells us about her love of speed, her love of the Porsche, and the importance of living her dream as a transgender person.
Filming locations
Boudoir apartment interview, Montreal
Porsche Prestige dealership, Montreal
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and tunnel Ville-Marie
Porsche Stuttgart Museum Tour
Frédéric - The savior of wrecks
It is a ruin, a wreck. The carcass of a Porche 911 rusts in a field. There is no tire, no bezel, no seat inside, there is not even a motor anymore. All valuables have been vandalized. Most people wouldn’t pay attention to it, but for Frédéric this abandoned carcass is a treasure.
Frédéric, 42, will spend more than 500 hours, a year and a half, bringing this ruin back to life. New engine, new sheet metal, new dashboard, new seats. A Canadian study shows that 97% of Porsches 25 years and older are still on our roads. Thanks to people like Frédéric, Porsches never die.
Frédéric, a Frenchman established in the Lanaudière region. He got his first Porsche at 18. His real job: building contractor. Since his arrival in Quebec 12 years ago, Frédéric has taken a big turn, he has devoted his whole life to restoring old Porsches. He specializes in old, air-cooled models, antiques from 1951 to 1998. Thanks to Fred, some 30 Porsches that would have ended up in the junkyard are now driving proudly on our roads.
Theme: Why Porsches never die? What is this sentimental value that drives enthusiasts to devote their whole lives to the restoration of old wrecks? We accompany Fred as he goes in search of the mechanical parts that cannot be found today and if he does not find them at the scrapyard, he will make the part he is missing.
Filming locations
St-Alexis garage interview
US New Hampshire Retro Automotive LLC
Sabrina, she always drives with her foot to the floor!
Sabrina Bergevin, 26, aerospace engineering student. Her dream: to become a design engineer at the Porsche factory in Germany. It was his father, Claude Bergevin, heavy truck mechanic, who passed on his passion for the German brand to him.
At age 10, Sabrina was learning to drive her first Porsches on country roads. She was too small to touch the pedals. It was his father who changed the gears. Her father, whom she describes as her hero, keeps 8 priceless Vintage Porsches in his garage. While waiting for one of these gems, Sabrina is lapping with her Porsche, a 944 that is now over 35 years old. It was with this antique that she did lapping for the first time and felt an instant love at first sight. The problem is that lapping is a rich man’s sport and given her budget, she hits the racetrack only once a year. She can’t go more often, but when she goes she always drives her foot in the back
Theme: we explore the notion of inheritance, more than just a good that we give, how do we manage to transmit the passion of a father to his daughter?
Filming locations
St Martine father and daughter interview
Father’s garage, work on a vintage Porsche
Lapping Mont Tremblant
The artist behind NewArt
On the license plate of his gleaming Boxster a name appears: NewArt. James Newman is an artist, filmmaker and Porsche enthusiast. Originally a painter, he left Toronto to settle in Montreal to do a master’s degree in fine arts.
James bought his first Porsche in 2013 in California with the intention of driving it to Canada, selling it for a profit and having a free road trip! The car ended up being sold, to be immediately replaced by another, then two others in succession. The Porsche passion had reached him!
After driving that first Porsche on a race track, James set out to find more power and speed. Unable to afford the slippery slope of modifications, upgrades and repairs, he became his own mechanic with the help of car manuals and, of course, YouTube!
Today, James has his own YouTube channel with nearly 50 videos showing enthusiasts how to repair, modify and maintain their Porsche sports car.
Theme: We explore the lines, the curves of the Boxster, beyond the power there is a beauty and a classicism in its lines, a car that does not change drastically that remains faithful to its first design.
Location
Mont-Royal, artist studio and garage
