The Long Run

May 4, 2001

1h 52m

★ 6.7

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

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Distant Horizon

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Cast

Bertold " Barry " Böhmer

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Christine Moyo

Nthati Moshesh

Gasa

Paterson Joseph

Terror

Seputla Sebogodi

Miso

Desmond Dube

Anna

Anna-Mart van der Merwe

Johannes

Christopher Kubheka

Popo

Gift Leotlela

Kupa

Jeremia Ramasita

Mrs Suiker

Elize Cawood

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