---
title: 'Opponent (2023)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Milad Alami'
released: '2023-02-18'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Sweden'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/opponent-2023'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16311444/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Opponent (2023)

2023 · 119 min · Drama · Sweden

Original title: Motståndaren

## Synopsis

Opponent is a 2023 drama film written and directed by Milad Alami. The film stars Payman Maadi as Iman, an Iranian man who has moved to Sweden as a refugee with his wife Maryam and their daughters Asal and Sahar. A wrestler in Iran before being forced to escape the country, he turns back to the sport in hopes of speeding up his asylum application by trying out for the Swedish national wrestling team, building toward the revelation that the real reason he was forced to leave Iran was that one of his former teammates outed him to the community as a closeted gay man, which carries the penalty of execution in the Islamic Republic of Iran.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Milad Alami](https://cinepixo.com/people/milad-alami)
- **Screenplay:** [Milad Alami](https://cinepixo.com/people/milad-alami)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jon Ekstrand](https://cinepixo.com/people/jon-ekstrand), [Carl-Johan Sevedag](https://cinepixo.com/people/carl-johan-sevedag)
- **Producer:** [Annika Rogell](https://cinepixo.com/people/annika-rogell)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sebastian Winterø](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-winter)

## Cast

- [Marall Nasiri](https://cinepixo.com/people/marall-nasiri)
- [Björn Elgerd](https://cinepixo.com/people/bjorn-elgerd)
- [Payman Maadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/payman-maadi)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/opponent-2023
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