American Wrestler: The Wizard (2016)

Directed by

Alex Ranarivelo

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 17 year old boy flees Iran during the 1980s hostage crisis and moves to a small California town. He faces prejudice from locals but joins his high school wrestling team to prove himself.

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What happens

American Wrestler: The Wizard is a 2016 American sports biographical film directed by Alex Ranarivelo. The film centers around the world of competitive high school wrestling and stars George Kosturos as Ali Jahani, a 17–year old who escapes Iran in the 1980s after the Iran hostage crisis and must adjust to life in a small California town only to face more hostility due to the hostage crisis. William Fichtner, Jon Voight, Ali Afshar, Gabriel Basso, Kevin G. Schmidt and Lia Marie Johnson also star in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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