Archive of films Amir / Amir
Iran
2018, 106 min
Section:
East of the West - Competition
Year: 2018
Now in his thirties, Amir is beleaguered by other peoples’ problems. His friend Ali’s ex-wife and son have gone missing, his sister is desperately trying to break away from the family, and his parents are trying to keep the family together. Amir is a film about contemporary Iran, about a generation whose private lives are determined more by the rules of society than by their own will.
Synopsis
We meet 30-something Amir at a point in his life where he has become the epicentre of other people’s problems. His friend’s ex-wife has gone missing, having threatened to leave the country with the couple’s son; his grown-up sister is desperate to leave home despite their parents’ fierce efforts to keep the family together. It isn’t clear whether Amir intends to help all of them, but no-one’s asking him to… Nima Eghlima’s feature debut is a film about a contemporary Iranian generation that is subject to so many rules there’s no room for free will. Using resourceful image-framing and precision camerawork he articulates issues that are still taboo, but that doesn’t make them any less pressing.
Anna Kořínek
About the director

Nima Eghlima (b. 1982, Iran). Filmography: Rima (short), Root (short), Passage (short)
Contacts
Eli Image
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Iran
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E-mail: [email protected]
About the film
Color, DCP
World premiere
Section: | East of the West - Competition |
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Director: | Nima Eghlima |
Screenplay: | Nima Eghlima |
Dir. of Photography: | Adib Sobhani |
Music: | Ali Azhari Navid Arbabian |
Editor: | Mastaneh Mohajer |
Art Director: | Nima Eghlima |
Producer: | Ziya Hashemi |
Cast: | Milad Keymaram |
Sales: | Eli Image |
Guests

Elaheh Nobakht
Distributor

Nima Eghlima
Film Director

Milad Keymaram
Actor

Arash Hosseini
Other

Soroush Hosseini
Other

Mastaneh Mohajer
Film Editor

Kasra Mahboobi
Actor