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The Long Run (2001)

★ 6.3/10 112 min Drama South Africa English
Director: Jean Stewart
Screenplay by: Johann Potgieter
Streaming: Not available

Description

A failed track coach finally finds someone who he believes has what it takes to win. The Comrades Marathon is a 90-k race in South Africa. An aging running coach, Barry, wants to field a winner; he's working with four men from a factory, but when he's fired to make way for a smooth, corporate type, he's at loose ends. Then he sees Christine, a Namibian immigrant who runs to forget her troubles. He offers to coach her and soon she's living at his house, following his diet and training regimen. But his single-mindedness gets to her: she wants a job and a place of her own. Plus, the man who replaced Barry likes her and wants her away from Barry. Can runner and coach (woman and man, African and European) sort out their complex relationship before the race? Written by

Top Cast

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl Bertold " Barry " Böhmer
Nthati Moshesh
Nthati Moshesh Christine Moyo
Paterson Joseph
Paterson Joseph Gasa
Seputla Sebogodi
Seputla Sebogodi Terror
Desmond Dube
Desmond Dube Miso
Anna-Mart van der Merwe
Anna-Mart van der Merwe Anna
Christopher Kubheka Johannes
Gift Leotlela Popo

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