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.
Directed byAlex Ranarivelo
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- May 16, 2017
ESX ProductionsWatch the
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Featuring
Cast & crew
George Kosturos
Ali
Jon Voight
Principle Skinner
William Fichtner
Coach Plyler
Lia Marie Johnson
Kristi Larsen
Kevin G. Schmidt
Rowan Knox
Gabriel Basso
Jimmy Petersen
Shannon Collis
Wendy
Courtney Hope Turner
Jenny
Ali Afshar
Hafez Tabad
Nicholas Guilak
Pasha
- Directed by
- Alex Ranarivelo
- Written by
- Ali AfsharBrian Rudnick
- Produced by
- Ali AfsharHadeel Reda
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