'Inside Amir' Courtesy of Giornate Degli Autori Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment To leave or not to leave. That's the question. Writer and director Amir Azizi (Two Dogs, Temporary) follows a young man in Tehran, Iran on the verge of emigrating in his latest feature, Inside Amir. "Amid scattered memories, unfinished conversations, and slow-moving days, he faces a decision he hasn't fully made yet: to leave or to stay," reads a synopsis for the movie. "The only thing he refuses to part with is his bicycle - a companion through the city's streets and a symbol of his past." And it highlights: "As his departure to join Tara, his girlfriend now in Italy, grows closer, we learn how years ago, their relationship kept him from joining a family trip that ended in tragedy. Tara became more than a partner - she came to represent the life he was spared." Related Stories Movies Venice: Anders Thomas Jensen on 'The Last Viking,' Mads Mikkelsen and Why He's Team ABBA Music K-pop Stars ATEEZ Want to Keep Performing Even When They're Grandfathers The cast of Inside Amir is led by Amirhossein Hosseini (Amir). Hadis Nazari (Tara), Nader Pourmahin, Nariman Farrokhi, Pirouz Nemati, Sohrab Mahdavi, Elham Azizi, Sajjad Hamidian, and Delaram Kamareh also feature in the film. Azizi also handled the editing of the film, while the cinematography is courtesy of Ali Ehsani. The music is by cast member Delaram Kamareh, sound by Omid Karim, and Sarah Gerami was responsible for production design and costumes. The movie from Fog Films world premieres in Venice's Venice Days, or Giornate degli Autori, on Sept. 4. "The film swings between past and present - friendships, late-night anxiety, and a city Amir is still tied to," Azizi says in a director's statement. "Inside Amir is a quiet meditation on the emotional distance between staying and leaving - not about what's right or wrong, but what remains unresolved." 'Inside Amir' Courtesy of Giornate Degli Autori And he highlights: "Inside Amir is rooted in personal experience, but it aims to speak in a universal cinematic language. It portrays a young man drifting through a city filled with memories, loneliness, and silent transformations. I'm drawn to the poetry of ordinary life - to the subtle rhythms of streets, bodies in motion, and moments that seem quiet but are emotionally charged. Rather than focusing on plot or dialogue, this film explores presence, space, and human vulnerability." A trailer, which THR can exclusively premiere, shows Amir and others on bikes. And we hear the protagonist sharing that people don't see the light that he says he feels on the inside: "They think I'm sad. They think I'm broken." Watch the trailer for Inside Amir below. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Venice Film Festival Venice: Anders Thomas Jensen on 'The Last Viking,' Mads Mikkelsen and Why He's Team ABBA Telluride Film Festival 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' Review: Jeremy Allen White Gives Raw, Internalized Performance as The Boss in Contemplative Bio-Drama Venice Film Festival Nicolas Wadimoff's 'Who Is Still Alive' Brings Palestinian Voices to Venice: "This Isn't Just Another War" Questlove Questlove's 'The Aristocats' Live-Action Movie Scrapped by Disney nepo babies Nepo: The Next Generation Telluride 2025 Telluride: Jafar Panahi on Hand, George Clooney Not, as Fest Kicks Off with Patrons Brunch and 'La Grazia' Preview Venice Film Festival Venice: Anders Thomas Jensen on 'The Last Viking,' Mads Mikkelsen and Why He's Team ABBA Telluride Film Festival 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' Review: Jeremy Allen White Gives Raw, Internalized Performance as The Boss in Contemplative Bio-Drama Venice Film Festival Nicolas Wadimoff's 'Who Is Still Alive' Brings Palestinian Voices to Venice: "This Isn't Just Another War" Questlove Questlove's 'The Aristocats' Live-Action Movie Scrapped by Disney nepo babies Nepo: The Next Generation Telluride 2025 Telluride: Jafar Panahi on Hand, George Clooney Not, as Fest Kicks Off with Patrons Brunch and 'La Grazia' Preview