OPPONENT: A Family Man Grapples With A Nightmare Scenario In The Official Trailer Ahead Of Berlinale
Next month’s 73rd Berlinale will see the World Premiere of Swedish/Norwegian co-production, Opponent. The film marks a third offering from Milad Alami who wrote and directed the film, and starring Payman Maadi whose credits partly include Michael Bay’s 13 Hours and 6 Underground.
Iman, an Iranian, lives with his family in Sweden in an ever-changing succession of refugee hostels. To increase his chances of obtaining residence permits for them all, he resumes his career as a wrestler – and is confronted with why he had to flee.
The “why” gets some chilling hints in the trailer which has been online for a while now. There are a few available including the one below which has English subs to help digest things a bit, and you’re also welcome to check out the poster just beneath. Screen Anarchy’s Kurt Halfyard lends readers a breakdown of the keyart from design house riddertoft which you can dive into by clicking here.
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