Running Against The Wind

Year: 2019Certificate: 15

Director:
Jan Philipp Weyl
Cast:
Ashenafi Nigusu, Mikias Wolde, Joseph Reta Belay
Running Time:
116 mins
Language:
Amharic
English Subtitles:
Yes
Country of Origin:
Ethiopia, Germany
Genre(s):
Drama, Film, Sport
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Available to screen: 1 September 2021 In Ethiopia, two young men are racing to make their dreams come true. Two twelve-year-old boys grow up together in a remote village – until a single photo changes their lives forever: Solomon heads for Addis Ababa to become a photographer. Abdi remains at home and trains to fulfil his dream of matching the sport successes of Haile Gebrselassie. Ten years later, Abdi is nominated for the Ethiopian National Running Team and moves to Addis Ababa. He feels Solomon must be dead by now, but an inner voice tells him to look for his old friend. And in fact Solomon is still alive, but in a completely different world to Abdi’s.  

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