Man Running (2018)

Name: Man Running
Director: Gary Burns
Released: 2018-09-17
Duration: 1 h 30 min
Rating: N/A
Cast: Gord Rand, Ivana Shein, Milli Wilkinson, Sasha Barry

Director: Gary Burns

Cast: Gord Rand, Ivana Shein, Milli Wilkinson, Sasha Barry

N/A

Runtime90 min

Rating14A

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Facing the grueling physical and mental tolls of participating in an ultramarathon, a doctor relives his struggles to treat a terminally-ill, 14-year-old patient.

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Fans of thought-provoking character studies and the directorial style of Gary Burns will appreciate the gripping journey of a doctor facing the physical and emotional challenges of an ultramarathon while reflecting on his efforts to save a terminally-ill teenage patient in the 2018 drama 'Man Running'.

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Man Running is a Canadian drama film, directed by Gary Burns and released in 2018. The film stars Gord Rand as Jim, a pediatric oncologist doctor running a mountain marathon while wrestling with the ethical complications of assisted suicide after an ill teenage girl asks for his help ending her life. Pediatric oncologists are expected to have a close, personal relationship with their patients. While running the marathon, the viewer is asked to decide what was the final decision of Jim while he hallucinates alternative outcomes during the marathon.