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Saint Ralph

German title: Saint Ralph – Ich will laufen.
Spain title: Ralph, el santo
Russian title: Святой Ральф
Original title: Saint Ralph

Alternative titles:
Saint Ralph – Wunder sind möglich / En busca de un milagro / The Miracle of Saint Ralph

Comedy – Canada
Production year: 2004
Movie length: 98 minutes

Director: Michael McGowan

Movie description:

Set in Hamilton in 1954, »Saint Ralph« is the unlikely story of Ralph Walker, a ninth grader who outran everyone’s expectations except his own in his bold quest to win the Boston Marathon. Ralph is a fatherless 14-year-old with a seriously ill mother, who knows he’s a time bomb waiting to explode into greatness, except that he has no idea where that greatness will manifest itself. An unfortunate incident of self-abuse in the community pool inadvertently sets him on this road when, as penance, Ralph is conscripted to the cross-country team. Desperate to believe a miracle will bring his mother out of a coma, Ralph becomes a convert to the church of running, and determines to win the Boston Marathon.

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