Name: Marathon Boy
Genre: Documentary, Foreign
Released: 2011
Duration: 1 min 40 s

Brief Synopsis

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Genre

Documentary

Foreign

Release Date

2011

Production Company

Arte

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 40m

Synopsis

When the little Indian Budhia Singh was only three years old, he had already run six half marathons. By four years old, he was making it the full 26 miles. He did not come by these challenges all by himself. His adoptive father Biranchi Das, who self-funds an orphanage and a judo school, rescued him from the slums and goes to great lengths to generate attention for this special child. Budhia grows into a regional hero, and after he participates in the Limca Record Run (around 40 miles), he achieves nationwide stardom. The local child welfare office reveals itself to be less than enthusiastic about the situation, forbidding the boy from participating in marathons. Following, a true political battle breaks out in the region, complete with talk show appearances, protests and street riots. Then, when Budhia's biological mother shows up to claim her son with help from the sinister slum mafia, things go from grim to grimmer.