IRAN · 1999

The Wind Will Carry Us

Abbas Kiarostami

Iranian New Wave cultural clash death and mortality urban versus rural life personal transformation community integration

Synopsis

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.

Year1999

CountryIran

DirectorAbbas Kiarostami

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