Cycle or Bicycle

Albert, 62, is crazy about cycling. Paulette, 65, loves biking. While Albert always wants to go faster, Paulette refuses. He gifts her an electric bicycle. But you’re born a bicyclist or a cyclist. The distinction is almost political. Albert soon realizes he has overstepped.

Inspired by the text by Philippe Delerm “The bicycle and the bike”, Editions Gallimard © 1997