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The inspiring true story of an Olympic champion who is faced with a new challenge provides the basis for this drama from filmmakers Rasselas Lakew and Davey Frankel. Abebe Bikila was a world-class distance runner from Ethiopia who became the first African to win a gold medal in the Olympics when he came in first in the Marathon during the 1960 games in Rome -- while running in his bare feet. (Amazon Prime UK)
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I had to watch this movie twice and when I read the reviews, I was confused. Because I’m going to bring in completely opposite feelings than the other reviewers here. At the beginning, I was quite bored. The story was interesting from the very start, but the half-fiction, half-documentary execution just didn’t sit right with me. It only started to get interesting after the accident. At that moment, it was as if the movie got a second breath and it was an emotional blast. Especially since Sigur Rós had a role in it. The ending in Norway was exactly what captured the entire essence of this interesting story the movie’s telling. And that’s the important bit. But it’s obvious that there wouldn’t be half as many emotions without Sigur Rós.
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