The Arm Wrestler
Panayiotis is a 30-year-old champion at arm wrestling and owner of a tavern in a remote Greek village.On the occasion of a forthcoming arm-wrestling fight in Athens and his training for it, the film builds the portrait of a young man who shifts daily between his dreams and the reality of life in the Greek countryside.
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Panayiotis is a 30-year-old champion at arm wrestling and owner of a tavern in a remote Greek village. On the occasion of a forthcoming arm-wrestling fight in Athens and his training for it, the film builds the portrait of a young man who shifts daily between his dreams and the reality of life in the Greek countryside.
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- Release date
- Sep 29, 2019
- Runtime
- 0h 22m
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- Language
- Greek
- Country
- Greece
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