The Long Run

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

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

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Christopher Kubheka

Johannes

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Gift Leotlela

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