The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
- Original title
- باد ما را خواهد برد
- Directed by
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Iran, France
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 197 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A journalist goes to a remote Kurdish village in Iran, telling people he is an engineer. He is waiting for an old woman to die so he can film the local mourning rituals. But she does not die quickly, and he has to slow down and take part in village life.
contemplativeslow-pacedmeditativequietpoeticobservationalsubtlereflectivedaily-life
What happens
The Wind Will Carry Us (Persian: باد ما را خواهد برد, Bād mā rā khāhad bord) is a 1999 Iranian film written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The title is a reference to a poem written by the modern Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad. In the film, a journalist posing as a city engineer arrives in a Kurdish village to document the locals' mourning rituals that anticipate the death of an old woman. However, she remains alive, and the journalist is forced to slow down and appreciate the lifestyle of the village. The Wind Will Carry Us received positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 56th Venice International Film Festival. It won the Grand Special Jury Prize (Silver Lion), the FIPRESCI Prize, and the CinemAvvenire award at the festival. It received numerous other nominations and awards as well. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Two Women (1999)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.