The Long Run (2000)
- Directed by
- Jean Stewart
- Genre
- drama film, sport film
- Country
- South Africa
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A former running coach in South Africa takes on a young woman as a student. Together they train for the grueling Comrades Marathon.
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What happens
The Long Run is a 2001 film starring Oscar nominee Armin Mueller-Stahl as a running coach and Nthati Moshesh as a young runner. It was directed by Jean Stewart and written by Johann Potgieter. The film is based around the Comrades Marathon, an ultra-marathon race run over a distance of approximately 90 km (55.9 mi) between the capital of the Kwazulu-Natal Province of South Africa, Pietermaritzburg, and the coastal city of Durban. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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