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The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Drama
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy’s reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution by impressing its Governor through his prowess as a long distance runner. He is encouraged to compete in an upcoming race, but faces ridicule from his peers.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to socially grounded coming-of-age dramas about defiance, class pressure, and rejecting the expectations imposed by authority.
- Tone
- bleak, melancholic, contemplative
- Payoff
- catharsis, reflection
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- non-linear
- Themes
- rebellion, class constraint, institutional control, self-determination
- Setting
- mid-twentieth-century, austere juvenile reformatory and working-class suburb
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