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,[1] but it did not make the final shortlist.[2] It was the first Ethiopian film to be submitted in the category for Best Foreign Language Film.[3] The film has been reviewed in an international journal.[4]
A mixture of fiction and stock footage, The Athlete is a portrait of the marathon runner 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.
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^Aboneh Ashagrie. 2013. The Athlete: a movie about the Ethiopian barefooted Olympic champion. Journal of African Cultural Studies Vol. 25, No. 1, 119–121.
athlete, 2009, film, athlete, amharic, እትሌቱ, atletu, 2009, ethiopian, drama, film, directed, davey, frankel, rasselas, lakew, film, selected, ethiopian, entry, best, foreign, language, film, 83rd, academy, awards, make, final, shortlist, first, ethiopian, film. 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 1 but it did not make the final shortlist 2 It was the first Ethiopian film to be submitted in the category for Best Foreign Language Film 3 The film has been reviewed in an international journal 4 The AthleteFilm posterDirected byDavey FrankelRasselas LakewWritten byDavey FrankelRasselas LakewMikael Aemiro AwakeProduced byDavey FrankelRasselas LakewStarringRasselas LakewEdited byDavey FrankelRelease dateJune 2009 2009 06 EIFF Running time93 minutesCountryEthiopiaLanguagesAmharic English Oromo Norwegian A mixture of fiction and stock footage The Athlete is a portrait of the marathon runner 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 Contents 1 Cast 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksCast editRasselas Lakew as Abebe Bikila Dag Malmberg as Onni Ruta Gedmintas as Charlotte Abba Waka Dessalegn as The PriestSee also editList of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Ethiopian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics Men s marathonReferences edit 2010 2011 Foreign Language Film Award Screening Schedule Oscars org Archived from the original on 14 November 2009 Retrieved 24 December 2010 9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race oscars org Retrieved 19 January 2011 65 Countries Enter Race for 2010 Foreign Language Film Oscar Oscars org Retrieved 24 December 2010 Aboneh Ashagrie 2013 The Athlete a movie about the Ethiopian barefooted Olympic champion Journal of African Cultural Studies Vol 25 No 1 119 121 External links editAtletu at IMDb nbsp Official website African Film Festival of Cordoba FCAT license CC BY SA 3 0 nbsp This Ethiopian film related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Athlete 2009 film amp oldid 1173724212, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
