INTERNATIONAL DOX: FEATURES

Marathon Boy

United Kingdom
2010 — 98' / Color

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Përshkrimi

At three, Budhia Singh had already run six 13-mile half-marathons. Born into the slums of Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Orissa, Singh’s mother sold him to a peddler for 800 rupees. Not long after Biranchi Das, a judo teacher who also runs an orphanage, bought him back, and soon discovers Budhia’s talent for running. But when Biranchi has the four year old Budhia run 42 miles, the debate begins: is he providing Budhia with a rare opportunity, or is he exploiting a boy too young to know what he really wants. When the government gets involved the case becomes a political football, and rumors of vast sums of money attract gangsters eager to drive a wedge between Biranchi and Budhia.

Biografia e Regjisorëve

Marathon Boy is Gemma’s first feature documentary. She made this film for her birth mother, whom she has never met, living somewhere in poverty in India.

Regjisorë

Gemma Atwal

Producent

Gemma Atwal

Matt Norman

Kinematografia

Matt Norman

Editorë

Peter Haddon

Zërimi

Garry Hughes

Webfaqja Zyrtare e Filmit

www.marathonboymovie.com

Kontakti

Gemma Atwal
+44 (0) 7870 603926
[email protected]