"Director: Biju Viswanath"

• Marathon | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £3.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (653.27%)   |  RRP £14.99

  a real-life love story of endurance and courage The poignant and inspiring true story of the relationship between Poet Laureate William Meredith and his lover poet Richard Harteis is tenderly brought to the screen by director Biju Viswanath creating a joyful testament to the triumph of love and the reserve and resilience of the human spirit. When poet and teacher Meredith suffers a stroke his long-time companion Harteis a writer and marathon runner begins a determined battle to nurse his lover back to health. Confronted by a legal system and family members that don't recognise their union as well as an arduous therapy routine Harteis never gives up hope - giving his lover emotional and physical support that ultimately allows each man to find the courage inside him to conquer the burdens which lay ahead. Told with an eloquence of prose and evoking passionate emotional responses - much like Meredith's own poems - Marathon based on the book by Harteis is a stirring portrait of two men's unpredictable course and what it takes to cross the finish line.