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.”

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