The Long Run

Story

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

Director

Jean Stewart

Writers

Johann Potgieter

Language

English

Country

South Africa

Release date

4 May 2001

Ensemble

Cast

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  Armin Mueller-Stahl

  Bertold " Barry " Böhmer

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  Nthati Moshesh

  Christine Moyo

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  Paterson Joseph

  Gasa

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  Seputla Sebogodi

  Terror

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  Desmond Dube

  Miso

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  Anna-Mart van der Merwe

  Anna

• Christopher Kubheka

  Johannes

• Gift Leotlela

  Popo

• Jeremia Ramasita

  Kupa

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  Elize Cawood

  Mrs Suiker

• Nomathamsanga Baleka

  Greta's Domestic Worker