The Balance

Australia, 1983

Film
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Episode of Series “Striving”.
Louis Garneau is a road racing cyclist and an aspiring Canadian artist from Quebec. He pursues his cycling with the intensity that all top athletes must have, but he is also equally absorbed in his other interests: sculpture, painting and furniture making. Here is a very enjoyable story of an exceptional young man’s battle in a 185 kilometre road race.

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Credits

co-director

Karin Altman

Nick Torrens

producer

Nick Torrens

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:24:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Striving

Group of items

Striving

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016355

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Commonwealth Games (12th : 1982 : Brisbane, Qld.)

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Cycling

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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