Apart from the clear excruciating pain the riders suffered daily, I thought the highlight of the movie was the old couta who looked after them.

He cracked me up when he'd just stand there, not saying anything, drink in one hand and towel in the other when the riders were coughing their lungs out of their chests. No emotion, just very matter of fact...If it were me, I be saying crap like, "mate, you look f*cked, that musta really sucked."