Working It Out

Seven years ago Reza Poursaheh, along with two older sisters move to Canada while their parents remain back home in Iran. With only an annual visit from his father, and no contact with his mother, Reza has difficulty adjusting to a new lifestyle in upper-class suburban Oakville, Ontario. Reza enters the competitive world of bodybuilding in the hopes of working on his self-confidence and finding a community in which he can gain acceptance. At age nineteen Reza has already become the number one junior bodybuilder in Ontario. In addition Reza meets Marilyn Meunier, a figure model at a bodybuilding show and enters into a relationship with her. Reza seems to have accomplished his goal but he is still feeling a void. While his sisters move on with their lives and his relationship with Marilyn ends, Reza continues his search for stability and a sense of belonging.