The Wrestler

Synopsis

The Wrestler (2023), illustrates the gradual and intimate register of the regional struggle of Bangladesh (Boli Khela), to portray the confrontation of his main characters. Moju (Nasir Uddin Khan) is an elderly fisherman who, not selling enough fish, decides to challenge the local champion, Dofor (AKM Itmam), to the delight of the community. Moju trains every day on the beach, which serves as his gym. His son and daughter-in-law dread the fateful end of the confrontation and try to prevent it from taking place. The Boli Khela fight requires discipline and stillness, its development is slow and serene. Throughout the film, we inevitably cease to be passive spectators and become involved in an exercise of esoteric meditation. This atmosphere is what makes the Bangladeshi film an excellent psychological thriller.