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The Wind Will Carry Us
1999
A few people arrive from Tehran for a short stay at Siah Dareh, a village in Iranian Kurdistan. The locals do not know why they are there. The strangers wander around the former cemetery and let the villagers think that they are looking for treasure. They end up leaving without really giving the impression that they have found .. Read more
| Starring | Noghre Asadi, Bahman Ghobadi |
|---|---|
| Director | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
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The Wind Will Carry Us
A few people arrive from Tehran for a short stay at Siah Dareh, a village in Iranian Kurdistan. The locals do not know why they are there. The strangers wander around the former cemetery and let the villagers think that they are looking for treasure. They end up leaving without really giving the impression that they have found what they were looking for.
| Starring | Noghre Asadi, Bahman Ghobadi |
|---|---|
| Director | Abbas Kiarostami |
| Studio | ARTIFICIAL EYE |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 58 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Persian |
| Released | DVD: 23 Mar 2009 Production year: 1999 |
| Format | DVD |
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
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This is film making refined to a point where only metaphors remain, which can be read in the landscape, particularly the road to the cemetery along which the leader of the mysterious visitors races so that he can use his mobile phone: the message is that
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Another subtle, deceptively simple and richly rewarding work of genius from Kiarostami, this Venice prizewinner opens... read more on Time Out
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17 out of 19 people found this review helpful
Pointless + very boring.
I am very keen on foreign arthouse films. But this was extremely boring. The whole film seemed to be based around a man trying to get reception for his mobile phone in the countryside! The scenery was quite stunning though. But the storyline was way over my head!
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17 out of 19 people found this review helpful
Pointless + very boring.
I am very keen on foreign arthouse films. But this was extremely boring. The whole film seemed to be based around a man trying to get reception for his mobile phone in the countryside! The scenery was quite stunning though. But the storyline was way over my head!
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