Release Date

04 May, 2001

Runtime

01:52: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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

Original Title

The Long Run

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Actors

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Nthati Moshesh

Paterson Joseph

Seputla Sebogodi

Desmond Dube

Anna-Mart van der Merwe

Christopher Kubheka

Gift Leotlela

Jeremia Ramasita

Elize Cawood

Nomathamsanga Baleka

Crew

Jean Stewart

Johann Potgieter

Anant Singh

Helena Spring

Trevor Jones

Cinders Forshaw

Avril Beukes

Christa Schamberger

Jon-Jon Lambon

Emilia Roux

Mark Joubert

Darion Hing

Tania Brooke

Sue Michaels