He escaped one war, only to face another.
In 1980, a teenage boy escapes the unrest in Iran only to face more hostility in America, due to the hostage crisis. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and raw.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- George KosturosAli
- Jon VoightPrinciple Skinner
- William FichtnerCoach Plyler
- Lia Marie JohnsonKristi Larsen
- Kevin G. SchmidtRowan Knox
- Gabriel BassoJimmy Petersen
- Shannon CollisWendy
- Courtney Hope TurnerJenny
- Ali AfsharHafez Tabad
- Nicholas GuilakPasha
Crew
- Alex RanariveloDirector
- Brian RudnickWriter
- Reuben SteinbergDirector of Photography
- Jamie ChristophersonOriginal Music Composer
- Brett HedlundEditor
- Ali AfsharProducer
- Hadeel RedaProducer
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