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The Wind Will Carry Us

The Wind Will Carry Us

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The Wind Will Carry Us

1999

1h 58m

7.1(206 votes)

Drama

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.

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Kiarostami Foundation

MK2 Productions

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Behzad Dorani

Behzad Dorani

Behzad

Farzad Sohrabi

Farzad

Noghre Asadi

Roushan Karam Elmi

Bahman Ghobadi

Bahman Ghobadi

Shahpour Ghobadi

Reihan Heidari

Masood Mansouri

Ali Reza Naderi

Frangis Rahsepar

Creative team

Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami
Written by: Abbas Kiarostami
Produced by: Marin Karmitz
Abbas Kiarostami

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