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The Long Run

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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

Directed byJean Stewart

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 52m
Language
EN
Released
May 4, 2001
Studios
Distant Horizon

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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

Jeremia Ramasita

Kupa

Elize Cawood

Elize Cawood

Mrs Suiker

Creative team
Directed by
Jean Stewart
Written by
Johann Potgieter
Produced by
Anant Singh
Anant Singh
Helena Spring
Helena Spring

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