A great documentary that was never meant to be that way. A filmmaker and hobby-athlete decides to test on himself how doping works. All of a sudden he’s in the middle of one of the biggest doping scandals in history. And the Russian mastermind behind it implores him for help.

From Weekly Filet #244, in August 2017.

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