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29% Rotten Tomatoes Starring Rasselas Lakew Initial release 2009 (USA) | 6.7/10 IMDb 4.5/5 Amazon Edited by Davey Frankel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Directed by Davey Frankel
Rasselas Lakew Produced by Davey Frankel
Rasselas Lakew Written by Davey Frankel
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Mikael Aemiro Awake Release date June 2009 (2009-06) (EIFF) Directors Rasselas Lakew, Davey Frankel Screenplay Rasselas Lakew, Davey Frankel, Mikael Aemrio Awake Music director Mark Wike, Christian Meyer Producers Rasselas Lakew, Davey Frankel, Darryn Welch Cast Abebe Bikila, Rasselas Lakew, Ruta Gedmintas, Dag Malmberg, Benito Mussolini Similar Running movies, Biographies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Athlete (Amharic: እትሌቱ?, Atletu) is a 2009 Ethiopian drama film directed by Davey Frankel and Rasselas Lakew. The film was selected as the Ethiopian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. It was the first Ethiopian film to be submitted in the category for Best Foreign Language Film. The film has been reviewed in an international journal.
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A mixture of fiction and stock footage, The Athlete is a portrait of the legendary marathoner from Ethiopia, Abebe Bikila. In 1960, he participated in the Rome Olympic Games as a complete unknown. However, the son of a shepherd ran barefoot and won the gold medal. Four years later, he repeated his feat at the Tokyo Olympic Games, becoming the first man to win the Olympic marathon twice in a row. A few years later, he suffered a car accident and lost the use of his legs. He died four years later.