This is the extraordinary story of Bruno Banani, the only inhabitant of the small island of Tonga, in the South Pacific, to qualify for the winter Olympic games.
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Being Bruno Banani. From an island paradise to the winter Olympic games
This documentary tells the unique story of the first and only Tongan Luger who managed to qualify in an amazingly short amount of time for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Through his name he also acted as the first “living brand” using a completely new and disputed way to get around the strict IOC’s Olympic advertising regulations.