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.

Amir

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 film

106 min / Color, DCP
World premiere

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

About the director

Nima Eghlima

Nima Eghlima (b. 1982, Iran). Filmography: Rima (short), Root (short), Passage (short)

Contacts

Eli Image
Unit 172, 8th Floor- No 1- Lavan Tower, Persian Golf Palace, Golchehreh Alley-Golchin St-Ozgol, 1696612869, Tehran
Iran
Phone: +989 125 374 139
E-mail: nobakht.e@gmail.com

Press kit



Guests

Elaheh Nobakht
Distributor, Producer

Nima Eghlima
Film Director

Milad Keymaram
Actor

Arash Hosseini
Other

Soroush Hosseini
Other

Mastaneh Mohajer
Film Editor

Kasra Mahboobi
Actor