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    The Long Run

    112'

    2001-05-04

    6.7

    Drama

    Overview:

    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

    DirectingJean StewartWritingJohann Potgieter

    Cast

    2

    Bertold " Barry " Böhmer

    Armin Mueller-Stahl

    1

    Christine Moyo

    Nthati Moshesh

    2

    Gasa

    Paterson Joseph

    1

    Terror

    Seputla Sebogodi

    1

    Miso

    Desmond Dube

    1

    Anna

    Anna-Mart van der Merwe

    1

    Johannes

    Christopher Kubheka

    1

    Popo

    Gift Leotlela

    1

    Kupa

    Jeremia Ramasita

    1

    Mrs Suiker

    Elize Cawood

    1

    Greta's Domestic Worker

    Nomathamsanga Baleka

    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. South Africa
    • List of languages:
      1. English
    • List of companies:
      1. Distant Horizon
    • Vote Count: 9
    • Popularity: 0.6247
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:The Long Run

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