Inside Amir
Daroon-e Amir درون امیر
This wistful, warm-hearted winner of the prestigious GdA Director’s Award at Venice follows a young man making the bittersweet choice to leave his home city of Tehran.
Whizzing through Tehran on his bicycle, Amir is preoccupied by a decision he’s been avoiding. His plan is to emigrate to Italy to join his girlfriend, Tara, who has already moved there to study; but he remains torn between staying in the city he’s known all his life and leaving it all behind for a new adventure. As he awaits visa approval, Amir visits his uncle, plays poker with his buddies and replays memories from his relationship with Tara. Meanwhile, his life-changing decision looms, and the distance between him and Tara weighs heavier on his heart.
Writer/director Amir Azizi won two awards at the Venice International Film Festival – including the top prize in the festival’s Giornate degli Autori section – for this humanistic portrayal of a young man at a crossroads. Spotlighting the beauty in the everyday, Inside Amir poignantly captures a side of Tehran that we rarely see depicted, as well as a feeling that will resonate with anyone who’s ever moved far from home.
“A film that is not only an exploration of the tussle between staying or going, between being comforted by the familiar or taking the leap, but also a love letter to the city of Tehran and its people.” – International Cinephile Society
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