IDOL

IDOL

This isn't a story about greatness, this is a story about obsession.

R 2026 · 26 min

An ambitious teenage wrestler, who obsesses over an Olympic champion, sacrifices and destroys himself through the berating of his father in order to have a chance at being like his idol.

Directed by Sawyer O'Brien · Written by Sawyer O'Brien

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