Runners will see themselves in new movie by Toronto filmmaker

A brand new movie by Toronto actor and director Tony Marra and Trovare Movies could have runners all over the place grinning in recognition.

The title character in Billy Runs Boston? is Billy Russo–a middle-aged man (performed by Marra) who works a menial job whereas caring for his practically non-verbal brother and dwelling underneath the thumb of their embittered sister. He is a straightforward soul who runs, like many people, primarily to flee (nonetheless briefly) his private circumstances. 

At some point, a fellow runner in Billy’s loosely-constituted working membership means that he ought to attempt to qualify for Boston, and this provides Billy a brand new sense of objective. His well-meaning mates assist him out with present playing cards and hand-me-downs, and Billy turns into obsessed along with his quest. However there are penalties: he begins neglecting his brother’s care, and, as so typically occurs in actual life, harm strikes. What occurs subsequent is saved hidden from viewers till the top, when the rationale for the query mark within the title can be revealed.

Billy Runs Boston has the entire acquainted working tropes: the lengths folks will go to qualify for Boston. The fartleks, hill repeats, tempo runs and intervals. The chafing. The connection between working and social media. The spectacular collections of Eighties race T-shirts. The outrageous costs for carbon-plated trainers. The recommendation to RICE a harm (relaxation, ice, compression, elevation). And, in fact, the Holy Grail of marathoners–i.e., qualifying for Boston, and the lengths some folks will go to to realize it. It pokes light enjoyable at how ridiculous runners may be, whereas highlighting working’s true backside line: most of us, like Billy, run as a result of it makes us really feel good. 

 

The movie is stuffed with recognizable Toronto working places–and even an actual working store. 

Toronto runners can benefit from the movie at a screening on Nov. 11 at 3 p.m.on the Revue Cinema on Roncesvalles Ave. (click on right here to purchase tickets). There are additionally screenings scheduled in London, UK on Nov. 4 and at Ottawa’s Bytown Theatre on Nov. 23.