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60 Cycles

Jean-Claude Labrecque · Canada · Documentary / Sports · 17 min · 15K views

Directed by Jean-Claude Labrecque, Bernard Gosselin · 1965

Cyclists from 13 countries race 2,400 km around Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula in 12 days, captured in long telephoto shots of winding roads and open landscape set to a hypnotic score.

A landmark NFB sports film whose telephoto images and mesmerizing rhythm turn a road race into pure cinema.

On your marks! Follow cyclists from 13 countries as they cover 2 400 km of Gaspé countryside in 12 days—a course longer than those of Italy, Belgium or Spain. The long shots of curving landscape and open road are set to

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