Norman David Bell, the world owes to the fact that there were films about parkour. After all, he is the founder of this extreme sport. David began to improve his body early on and mastered the basics of athletics, some types of martial arts, and excelled in gymnastics and mountain climbing. This helped him to create a new discipline - the science of overcoming various obstacles (usually within the city).
The main thing in parkour is the perfect possession of one's own body. For tracers (those involved in parkour) there are no barriers - be it a tall fence, a building, trees or parapets.
Children of the wind
Belle’s associates on the Yamakashi team created a dilogy - these are films about the parkour Yamakashi: New Samurai and Yamakashi-2: Children of the Wind. Guys brilliantly used their skills. The first of the films was made by the master Luke Besson. The plot focuses on a brave seven tracers who are trying to help the boy Jamel find money for a complicated heart transplant operation. However, these films about parkour took place without the participation of David himself. He opposed the commercialization of his brainchild. For the same reasons, he did not tour with former colleagues who performed stunts in the acclaimed musical - the pride of the French - Notre Dame de Paris.
About the 13th district
But in 2004 - according to the script of the same Besson (he was also the producer of the picture) - Pierre Morel put the classics of the section “films about parkour”: “13th district”.
And Belle played one of the main roles in the action movie. His character, Leito, becomes Assistant Special Forces Damien Tomaso. Both of them need to get into the lair of the bandit K2, who runs the crime in the 13th district of the French capital. This is a real paradise for drug dealers and killers. Leito has a personal interest: the thugs are held hostage by his sister Lola. Together with Captain Damien, they must stop K2, because in the hands of the madman is a neutron bomb, which he is about to put on alert. The captain was played by the champion of France in Chinese boxing Cyril Quenel Raffaelli. Both artists and their heroes met in the sequel to the tape “13th District: Ultimatum”. It was removed after 5 years also from Besson's light hand. Now the main characters are already opposed by representatives of five gangs. And the wall separating the ill-fated region from the rest of the city has become even higher. Parkour fans enthusiastically greeted the dilogy and are waiting for the promised continuation - the trikvel has already been announced. The prequel soundtrack also became a legend, but already of French rap.
In memory of the actor
Films 2013 about parkour are, first of all, the film “Brick Mansion” shot last year. It should be released in May 2014. This is a remake of the "13th district", it again marked David Belle. But his partner Damien was played by Paul Walker, who recently died so absurdly and absurdly. Despite his death, which jeopardized the initial plot of the 7th Fast and the Furious, the premiere of The Brick Mansion should not fail: the actor managed to finish shooting. So the section "films about parkour" (list-2013), replenished with another work revered by many artists. It's a shame when the audience’s favorites leave this world young. But the paintings with their participation remain.