Marathon Boy
Coproduction: India, United Kingdom. Verzio FF A four-year-old boy is plucked from the slums of India to become the country’s greatest runner. A tale of greed, aspiration, and broken dreams. Gemma Atwal's dynamic epic follows four-year-old Budhia, rescued from poverty by Biranchi Das, a judo co...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | English Oriya Hindi |
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One Horse Town Productions
2010
United Kingdom |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:35fbcc73-7776-4bb2-b55d-f90933783b8c |
| Summary: | Coproduction: India, United Kingdom. Verzio FF
A four-year-old boy is plucked from the slums of India to become the country’s greatest runner. A tale of greed, aspiration, and broken dreams. Gemma Atwal's dynamic epic follows four-year-old Budhia, rescued from poverty by Biranchi Das, a judo coach who runs an orphanage for slum children in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. When Budhia displays an uncommon talent for long distance running, Biranchi nurtures his gift, heralding him as a folk hero for the impoverished masses, and maybe even for India itself. But after golden child Budhia breaks down during a world-record 65 kilometer run at the age of four, public opinion begins to turn against the guru and his disciple, and soon the two are swept up in a maelstrom of media controversy and political scandal. Following Budhia's roller-coaster journey over five years, Marathon Boy is a Dickensian tale of greed, corruption, and broken dreams set between the heart-pounding world of marathon running, the poverty-stricken slums and the political intrigue of a modernizing India. |
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| Published: | 2010 |