Opponent
Dir: Milad AlamiCast: Payman Maadi, Amirali Abanzad, Ahmed Abdullahi
119mins 2023 Sweden | Norway 15 Swedish | Persian
Subtitled Opponent
Part of our Refugee Stories series
In the aftermath of a devastating rumor, Iman and his family have been forced to flee Iran.
As refugees, they end up in a run-down hotel in northern Sweden. Despite feeling powerless, Iman tries to maintain his role as the family patriarch.
To increase their chances of asylum, he breaks a promise to his wife and joins the local wrestling club.
As the rumors start to resurface, Iman's fear and desperation begin to take a hold.
'Alami maintains suspense at both ends of his narrative without making a blank cypher of his protagonist, played with seething specificity by an electrifying Payman Maadi' - Guy Lodge, Variety
Showtimes
Fri 10 May