Inside Amir

Daroon-e Amir

Director: Amir Azizi
Country: Iran

German Premiere
2025 | 103 min. | Persian
Subtitles: German SDH, English

Cast_ Amirhossein Hosseini, Nader Pourmahin, Hadis Nazari, Nariman Farrokhi, Pirouz Nemati, Delaram Kamareh Screenplay_ Amir Azizi Camera_ Ali Ehsani Producer_ Amir Azizi, Elham Azizi, Ali Azizi Rights_ Fog Films

A young man torn between the sorrow of farewell and the hope for a new life. A sensitive and warm-hearted portrait of one of the defining issues of our time. A prizewinner at Venice!

Like so many young people around the world today, Amir is planning to leave his homeland. We follow the young Iranian man in his daily life. In addition to scattered memories, we watch him on endless phone calls with his girlfriend, who is already waiting for him in Italy. We also see him meeting his colorful circle of friends and family, who are full of mutual love and warmth. These moments of togetherness are tinged with melancholy, for it could all be over soon. Amir himself is torn: leave or stay? He’s always riding his bicycle – symbolic of his longing for freedom. Among all the cars on the streets of Tehran, he moves like a foreign object. His departure draws ever closer.

Rich in subtle nuances, ›Inside Amir‹ is a remarkably quiet, heartfelt, and hopeful portrait of one of the great themes of the present day.

Director

Amir Azizi, born in 1984 in Iran, first worked as an assistant director for well-known filmmakers. His short films have been shown at national and international festivals, and his documentaries have received critical acclaim. ›Temporary‹ (2015), his fiction feature debut, was screened at the Beijing International Film Festival and the Med Film Festival in Rome, where it won the Special Jury Prize. ›Two Dogs‹ (2020) received several awards.

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