The Long Run (2001)
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
Writer:
Johann Potgieter
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Armin Mueller-Stahl as Bertold " Barry " Böhmer |
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Nthati Moshesh as Christine Moyo |
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Paterson Joseph as Gasa |
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Seputla Sebogodi as Terror |
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Desmond Dube as Miso |
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Anna-Mart van der Merwe as Anna |
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Christopher Kubheka as Johannes |
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Gift Leotlela as Popo |
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Jeremia Ramasita as Kupa |
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Elize Cawood as Mrs Suiker |
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Nomathamsanga Baleka as Greta's Domestic Worker |
| Production | Anant Singh | Producer |
| Production | Helena Spring | Producer |
| Art | Emilia Roux | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Candice Smallwood | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Darion Hing | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tania Brooke | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Trevor Jones | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Jean Stewart | Director |
| Production | Christa Schamberger | Casting |
| Art | Jon-Jon Lambon | Set Designer |
| Editing | Avril Beukes | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sue Michaels | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Cinders Forshaw | Director of Photography |
| Art | Mark Joubert | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Johann Potgieter | Screenplay |
| Crew | Ryan Stuart | Stunts |
