Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the Islamic Republic ordering Leila to fake an injury and lose, or she will be branded a traitor of the state. With her own and her family’s freedom at stake, Leila is faced with an impossible choice: comply with the Iranian regime as her coach Maryam implores her to do, or fight on, for the gold.

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Cast

Arienne Mandi

Leila Hosseini

Zar Amir Ebrahimi

Maryam Ghanbari

Jaime Ray Newman

Stacey Travis

Nadine Marshall

Jean Claire Abriel

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Lir Katz

Shani Lavi

Ash Goldeh

Nader Hosseini

Valeriu Andriuță

Vlad

Mehdi Bajestani

Amar Hosseini

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Farima Habashizadehasl

Justina

Elham Erfani

Assistant Coach

Arienne Mandi — Leila Hosseini

Arienne Mandi is an actress and a writer. She is best known for her character Dani Nunez on The L word Generation q. She was born and raised in LA, California. She is also a trained martial artist.

Zar Amir Ebrahimi — Maryam Ghanbari

Zar Amir Ebrahimi (born Zahra Amir Ebrahimi) is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She is known for her role in television series Nargess, and for her performance as journalist Rahimi in the crime-thriller Holy Spider, which won her the Best Actress award at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival.

Jaime Ray Newman — Stacey Travis

Jaime Ray Newman (born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, on April 2, 1978) is an American actress and singer. Newman is best known for starring as Kristina Cassadine in soap opera General Hospital, as Kat Gardener in ABC's Eastwick, and as Dr. Tess Fontana in Syfy's Eureka.