Golo and Ritchie: who is this duo that is very popular with Internet users and is headlining a feature film at the cinema?

Wednesday, August 14, 2024, the film entitled Golo and Ritchiewhich features a duo of influencers who are widely followed on social networks. During the feature film, the two natives of Grigny in Essonne, aged around thirty, strip off and cross France in tandem.

The two men have been entertaining France through social media for seven years. Followed by more than 2.5 million people, Golo and Ritchie, a well-known duo on social media, went from stealing a bicycle in their neighborhood of Grigny, in Essonne, to crossing France on a tandem.

Now in their thirties, the two friends grew up in the La Grande Borne district of Grigny. The first, a great talker who always has a smile on his face, accompanies the second everywhere, a great cycling enthusiast with autism spectrum disorder. They didn't know it, but in December 2017, when they decided to post their first video on Snapchat, they changed the course of their lives.

Grigny-Marseille in tandem

With over 16.1 million likes on TikTok and 1.5 million followers on Snapchat, Golo and Ritchie are now supported by the Paris Saint-Germain team, rapper Booba and actress Adèle Exarchopoulos. As time goes by, their impact grows among the new generation.

Directors Ahmed Hamidi and Martin Fougerol, who fell in love with the duo, captured them in a crazy epic. In a feature-length film that presents itself as a documentary, viewers will be able to follow the adventure of Ritchie and Golo as they cross France by bike, from Grigny to reach Marseille in tandem. The adventure of a lifetime through the tale of an unwavering friendship, during which they meet farmers, nuns and even take part in a stage of the Tour de France. The epic of these 800 kilometers traveled in 12 days should not be missed.