
Release Date
Original Release
May 4, 2001
1h 52m
The Long Run (2001)
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
Director
Jean Stewart
Department: Directing
Cast

Armin Mueller-Stahl
Bertold " Barry " Böhmer
Nthati Moshesh
Christine Moyo

Paterson Joseph
Gasa

Seputla Sebogodi
Terror

Desmond Dube
Miso

Anna-Mart van der Merwe
Anna
Christopher Kubheka
Johannes
Gift Leotlela
Popo
Jeremia Ramasita
Kupa
Elize Cawood
Mrs Suiker
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