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Marathon Boy

India, United Kingdom, United States

2010

98 Min
Color
Oriya, Hindi, English
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DIR Gemma Atwal

EXEC Alan Hayling

PROD Gemma Atwal, Matt Norman

CAST Budhia Singh, Biranchi Das

ED Peter Haddon

MUSIC Garry Hughes

ANIM Ben Foley

Tribeca (World Documentary Features), San Francisco (Documentaries), Vancouver (Nonfiction Features), Abu Dhabi (Documentary Competition): Best New Director, São Paulo (New Directors)

Synopsis

Gemma Atwal’s fascinating and dynamic epic follows Budhia, a four-year-old boy plucked from the slums of India and trained as a marathon prodigy by Biranchi Das, a larger-than-life judo coach who runs an orphanage in the eastern state of Orissa. But over the next five years and dozens of marathons, Budhia’s roller-coaster journey turns from an uplifting story of promise and opportunity to one of greed, corruption, and broken dreams.

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