The Runway (2010)

Release Date: 2010-07-10
Runtime: 1h 41min
Production Company: Fastnet Films
Production Country: Ireland, Luxembourg
Director: Ian Power

The Runway is inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who landed his plane near Mallow, in 1983. Against all odds, the people of the town came together to build a runway to get him home and briefly caught the imagination of the nation. It is the story of Paco, a young boy without a father who adopts the pilot and convinces the town to build a runway to get him home.

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