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Spirit of the Marathon II
Spirit of the Marathon II (2013)

Origin USA
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Documentary films about sports

The focus of the film is on the seven runners participating in the Rome Marathon. Shots of the marathon are interspersed with interviews and documentary footage of the runners. Running experts who are not involved directly in the race are also interviewed. The experts include American authors Hal Higdon, Jeff Galloway, John Bingham, and Roger Robinson. American runners Bill Rodgers, Frank Shorter, Nina Kuscsik, Kathrine Switzer, Mary Wittenberg, and Rod Dixon are also interviewed. Italian runners Gelindo Bordin, Orlando Pizzolato, and Stefano Baldini are interviewed, as well as former world record holder, Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie, British world-record holder Paula Radcliffe, and Norwegian Grete Waitz.
The Athlete
The Athlete (2009)
, 1h33
Origin éthiopie
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Sports films, Athletics films
Actors Dag Malmberg, Ruta Gedmintas

Atletu est le portrait, mêlant fiction et images d’archives, d’une légende du marathon : l’Éthiopien Abebe Bikila. En 1960, lorsqu’il arrive aux Jeux olympiques de Rome, il est parfaitement inconnu. Pourtant, ce fils de berger, pieds nus, remporte la médaille d’or au marathon. Quatre ans plus tard, il réitère son exploit aux Jeux de Tokyo, devenant ainsi le premier champion olympique à être deux fois vainqueur du marathon. Mais quelques années plus tard, victime d’un accident de voiture, il perd l’usage de ses jambes. Il meurt quatre ans après.
Berlin 36
Berlin 36 (2009)
, 1h40
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Sports films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Athletics films, Films about the Olympic Games, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl, Julie Engelbrecht, Thomas Thieme, Johann von Bülow

The athlete Gretel Bergmann wins the high jump championships in the United Kingdom. For the Nazi racial laws prevented her continuing her training in Germany, being a Jew, her father had sent her to England, where she could live more safely and continue her sporting career.
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (2013)
, 3h7
Directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Athletics films, Musical films, Bollywood
Actors Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Rebecca Breeds, Dalip Tahil, Meesha Shafi, Dev Gill

The film starts in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where a coach says "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag!" The story is taken back to the memories of the childhood days of a young boy which haunted him, resulting in him dropping to fourth. Partition of India in 1947 caused chaos which resulted in mass religious violence in Punjab in British India, killing the parents of Milkha Singh (Farhan Akhtar). He reaches Delhi and later meets his sister there. Living in impoverished refugee camps, Milkha soon makes friends and survives by stealing along with his friends. He falls in love with Biro (Sonam Kapoor), but she asks him to live a life of honesty.
Challenge of a Lifetime
Challenge of a Lifetime (1985)
, 1h33
Directed by Russ Mayberry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Athletics films
Actors Penny Marshall, Jonathan Silverman, Richard Gilliland, Mary Woronov, Paul Gleason, Cathy Rigby

Since her divorce from her husband, 35-year-old Nora Schoonover (Penny Marshall) has relocated from New York to Los Angeles and has fallen into a depression. She is working a low salary job and has gotten into great debts. Will Brodsky (Richard Gilliland) is assigned to help her work off her debts, and they quickly fall for each other. One day, her estranged 16-year-old son Steven (Jonathan Silverman), who has been living with his father since the divorce and is supposed to be on computer camp, shows up on her doorstep. A television interview with former class mate and recent Triathlon winner Mary Garritee (Mary Woronov), inspires Nora to enter and complete the Hawaiian Triathlon as a way of starting a new life. Steven, who has no interest in returning to his father in New York, promises to help and train her.
Cœurs d'athlètes
Cœurs d'athlètes (2002)
, 1h1
Directed by Régis Wargnier
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Documentary films about sports
Actors Régis Wargnier

Le documentaire suit trois champions encore en activité au moment du tournage, l'Éthiopien Haile Gebreselassie, l'Allemande Heike Drechsler et le Marocain Hicham El Guerrouj. Ils commentent leurs performances, leur passion de leur discipline et de leur pays.
Run, Fatboy, Run
Run, Fatboy, Run (2007)
, 1h40
Directed by David Schwimmer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Athletics films
Actors Simon Pegg, Thandie Newton, Hank Azaria, Dylan Moran, Harish Patel, India de Beaufort

Dennis Doyle (Simon Pegg) is about to marry Libby (Thandie Newton), his pregnant fiancée. However, he gets cold feet and runs away on the day of the wedding. Five years later, Dennis discovers that Libby, who has their son, Jake, has started seeing high-flying go-getter Whit (Hank Azaria) and realizes what he has lost. He finds out that Whit is running the Nike River Marathon in London, and to prove himself to his doubting friends and, most importantly, Libby and his son, he decides to run the race himself. He receives motivation from his two "coaches", Gordon (Dylan Moran), a well-meaning slacker who is Libby's cousin and Dennis' best friend, who has made a hefty bet on Dennis succeeding, and Mr. Ghosh Dastidar (Harish Patel) his landlord, who uses unorthodox methods of training, such as using a spatula to spank him. Days before the race, Whit proposes to Libby at her birthday party. Libby accepts and this puts Dennis in a state of deep depression. Meanwhile, Jake, who has formed a crush on a girl in his class, runs away angry when he discovers that she prefers another boy just because he has a ponytail. Dennis, upon being informed by a frightened Libby, tracks him down and explains to him that he will find many things he does not like in his life and he should just stand up to them and face them, rather than running away. Having made that mistake himself, he decides to race after all.
The Finishers
The Finishers (2014)
, 1h26
Directed by Nils Tavernier
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, La provence, Sports films, Athletics films, Cycling films, Films about disabilities
Actors Jacques Gamblin, Alexandra Lamy, Frédéric Épaud, Sophie de Fürst, Xavier Mathieu, Christelle Cornil

Paul is a workoholic who has a handicaped son named Julien. When Paul loses his job his son convinces him to tackle a mutual endeavour. Together they take part in a Triathlon competition.
Ethir Neechal
Ethir Neechal (2013)
, 2h2
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Sports films, Athletics films
Actors Priya Anand, Sivakarthikeyan, Nandita Swetha, V. Jayaprakash, Ravi Prakash, Sharath Lohithaswa

The films starts in 1987 with the doctors struggling to protect a woman and her baby. Meanwhile, the woman's husband prays to his native deity that if his wife delivers his baby successfully, he would name the baby with the name of the deity. The baby is born without any problems and as per the wish, they name the baby, Kunjithapadham (Sivakarthikeyan).
My Way
My Way (2011)
, 1h59
Directed by Kang Je-gyu
Origin Coree du sud
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Political films
Actors Jang Dong-gun, Joe Odagiri, Fàn Bīngbīng (范冰冰), Kim In-kwon, Do Ji-han, Lee Yeon-hee

The year is 1928 in Gyeong-seong (modern-day Seoul), Korea. Young Kim Jun-shik (Shin Sang-yeob), his father (Chun Ho-jin) and sister Eun-soo (Jo Min-ah) work on the farm of the Hasegawa family (Sano Shiro, Nakamura Kumi) in Japanese-occupied Korea. Both Jun-shik and young Hasegawa Tatsuo (Sung Yoo-bin) are interested in running; by the time they are teenagers (Do Ji-han, Kobayashi Yukichi), they have become fierce competitors. Tatsuo's grandfather (Natsuyagi Isao) is killed in a bomb attack by a Korean freedom fighter, and subsequently a Korean runner, Sohn Kee-chung (Yoon Hee-won), wins a marathon race against Japanese competitors, further inflaming Korean-Japanese tensions.
Fastlife
Fastlife (2014)
, 1h31
Directed by Thomas N'Gijol
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Athletics films
Actors Thomas N'Gijol, Julien Boisselier, Karole Rocher, Olivier Marchal, Clément Moreau, Kaaris

Franklin Ébagé est un athlète franco-camerounais, coureur du 100 mètres. Après avoir décroché une médaille d'argent aux Jeux olympiques il y a quelques années sur une faute de ses adversaires, sa carrière bat de l'aile. À 34 ans, il est cependant toujours obnubilé par l’envie de briller à n’importe quel prix. Cependant, il n'a plus de sponsors, et ne peut compter que sur le soutien de sa petite-amie Pauline, de son agent Lionel et de son ami Samir...