Gilles Villeneuve, the late Canadian race car legend, shows his daring, aggressive style both on and off the Formula 1 track in the trailer for the Villeneuve: Rise of a Legend biopic set to world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival. Directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon, the film stars Remi Goulet as the F1 car legend and charts his ascent to the dizzying heights of elite car racing, well before Villeneuve’s tragic death at Zolder in 1982. The iconic race car driver rose from poor and rural roots in Quebec, where he snowmobiled his way across Canada and eventually, due to an obsession for speed and checkered flags, reached the ranks of…
