Drama · History
British
1981 · Directed by Hugh Hudson · 123 min
Britain, early 1920s. Two very different young runners, one driven by a need to prove himself to a society that looks down on him, the other by religious conviction, prepare for the 1924 Paris Olympics. A restrained, lyrical period drama about what people run for.
Why it matters in cinema history
A defining example of the prestige British period drama that carried into the 1980s, and a rare sports film built on ideas, history and class rather than on winning.
Watch with intention
Watch it as a film about motive: ask what each man believes running gives him, and how the film shows it without saying it.
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