The Wind Will Carry Us

Sep 12, 1999

1h 58m

★ 7.1

Overview

Irreverent city engineer Behzad comes to a rural Kurdish village in Iran to keep vigil for a dying relative. In the meanwhile the film follows his efforts to fit in with the local community and how he changes his own attitudes as a result.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

MK2 Films

Kiarostami Foundation

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Cast

Behzad

Behzad Dorani

Farzad

Farzad Sohrabi

Noghre Asadi

Roushan Karam Elmi

Bahman Ghobadi

Shahpour Ghobadi

Reihan Heidari

Masood Mansouri

Ali Reza Naderi

Frangis Rahsepar

Masoameh Salimi

Lida Soltani

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