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The mysteries of everyday life come into astonishing focus in one of Abbas Kiarostami’s greatest cinematic achievements. A slyly self-reflexive commentary on the director’s own artistic practice, The Wind Will Carry Us unfolds with unhurried majesty as it follows an undercover documentarian (Behzad Dorani) whose assignment to cover a small village’s funeral rites is continually frustrated by an elderly woman’s refusal to die. Along the way, though, he forges surprising, unsettling, and enlightening connections with those he meets. Suffused with Kiarostami’s love for people, poetry, and the arid beauty of rural Iran, this meditative masterpiece reflects upon the boundaries between intimacy and alienation, tradition and modernity, with the utmost grace.
from the acclaimed director of "the taste of cherry" (winner palm d'or at cannes) comes abbas kiarostami's latest masterpiece "the wind will carry us".
a filmmaker from teheran travels to remote mounain village secretly planning to record a local ritual ceremony surrounding an old dying woman. upon arrival, his crew is met by farzad, a young boy from the town who at first becomes their guide but ultimately becomes their informant on the fate of the old woman. convincing the locals that they are archeologists looking for buried treasure, the filmmaker attempts to befriend them with mixed results. as the rustling wind, golden light and deep shadows of the village cast an alluring spell, the deathwatch drags on the woman stubbornly clings to life, leaving the crew impatient.
evocative and haunting, "the wind will carry us" is constructed with kiarostami's trademark soulful serenty, creating an extraordinarily beautiful and moving film.
Abbas Kiarostami