The Wind Journeys

Apr 30, 2009

1h 57m

★ 6.9

A musician travels a great distance to return an instrument to his elderly teacher.

Overview

After his wife's death, a vallenato singer from Majagual, Sucre, decides to quit music and return his allegedly cursed accordion to his master. He is joined by Fermín Morales, a teenage boy who admires him and wishes to follow his footsteps. Together, they start a journey throughout several towns in Northern Colombia to Taroa, in La Guajira desert, where the singer's master supposedly lives.

Genres

Drama

Music

Adventure

Production Companies

World Cinema Fund

Ibermedia

Razor Film Produktion

Nederlands Fonds voor de Film

Cine Ojo

RCN Cine

Rotterdam Media Fund

ZDF/Arte

Hubert Bals Fund

Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Volya Films

Ciudad Lunar

Primer Plano Film Group

CineMart

Carboandes

Cinéfondation

Servientrega

Gobernacion del Cesar

Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematografico

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Cast

Ignacio Carrillo

Marciano Martínez

Fermin Morales

Yull Núñez

Ninz

Agustin Nieves

Meyo

Jose Luis Torres

Tendera

Carmen Molina

Mujer Guajira

Erminia Martinez

Batata

Justo Valdez

Marimbero Mayor

Juan Batista Martinez

Alvaro Figueras

Hector Brito

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