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The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

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This idiosyncratic drama from Iran begins as a jeep winds through the hills of Kurdistan, containing an engineer (Behzad Dourani) and his two assistants (whom we never see) as they search for a small village in the mountains. When they arrive, they are greeted by a young boy, who shows them a place they can stay and guides the engineer to the home of an old woman (also never seen) who seems to be dying. No one is sure what the engineer and his men are doing there; some locals think he's keeping

Unrated, 1 hr. 58 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Abbas Kiarostami

Written By: Abbas Kiarostami

In Theaters: Jul 28, 2000 Limited

On DVD: Sep 17, 2002

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Critic Reviews for The Wind Will Carry Us

All Critics (41) | Top Critics (9) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (1) | DVD (6)

Kiarostami could have just made a documentary, and it would have been fascinating. But his narrative is a way of humbly questioning his own ethics and methods.

May 18, 2010 Full Review Source: Looking Closer

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Jeffrey Overstreet

Looking Closer

In nothing else do all of [Kiarostami's] concerns come together in such a satisfying, complete whole.

December 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy

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Tim Brayton

Antagony & Ecstasy

One of the 90s' great films.

July 29, 2004 Comment

Jake Euker

F5 (Wichita, KS) Source: F5 (Wichita, KS)

slowly spellbinding

December 1, 2003 Comment

Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

If you're the sort of person who just adores extremely slow-moving foreign films with a dearth of actual plot, go for it, but the rest of you have been warned.

November 28, 2003 Comment (1)

Luke Y. Thompson

New Times

I remain a devot� of Kiarostami's style, but Wind feels more arid and extended than most of his pictures.

August 15, 2003 Comment

Nick Davis

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Hypnotic!

October 29, 2002 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Kiarostami, prova mais uma vez o seu grande talento num dos maiores cinemas do mundo: o cinema do Ira.

May 5, 2011

Lucas Martins

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Trying to bring a connected form of life do a disconnected place doesn't always work. Artistic film slowly unveils it's plot as you watch in slight confusion. Expressions and a culture deeply captured on film.Beautiful film that might be too slow for some taste.

July 24, 2006