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  1. En 1980, un adolescente escapa de los disturbios en Irán solo para enfrentarse a una hostilidad aún mayor en Estados Unidos. Decidido a encajar, se une al equipo de lucha grecorromana del instituto. Drama deportivo que narra una historia de superación, al mismo tiempo que denuncia el racismo y la xenofobia presente en el mundo occidental en ...

    • 117 Min.
  2. Determined to fit in, he joins the school's floundering wrestling team. In this inspiring tale based on true events, 17-year-old Ali Jahani is a newcomer to a small California town, where he stands out as different in an unwelcoming community. Living with his embittered uncle, the boy faces a mountain of adversity everywhere he turns.

  3. 17. Dez. 2016 · A teen refugee from Iran finds that athletic-based school pride can (eventually) trump prejudice in American Wrestler: The Wizard, a cumbersomely named coming-of-age pic by Alex Ranarivelo.Based ...

  4. 16. Dez. 2016 · Facing certain death on the front lines of the Iran-Iraq War, 17 year-old Ali Jahani is smuggled out of Iran and sent to live with his uncle in the small Northern California town of Petaluma. Upon his arrival, Ali is faced with a different kind of adversity – Racial slurs, dirty looks, and bullying. It’s 1979, the midst of the Iran Hostage Crisis. The front page of every newspaper has ...

  5. Synopsis. 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.

    • 117 Min.
  6. American Wrestler: The Wizard. 2016. 1 hr 57 mins. Drama. PG13. Watchlist. In this moving coming-of-age drama set in 1979, an Iranian teen is forced to live with his uncle in California as his ...

  7. Trademark sports underdog story, American Wrestler: The Wizard hasn’t met a cliche it didn’t embrace, but its heart is in the right place and it’s pretty well made. Also features the inadvertently funniest death scene of the year and Jon Voight plays Principle Skinner. And more films need references to The Iron Sheik.