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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 ... read more read more...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 watch of the old woman and wants to purchase her land when she dies, while others think he could be an archeologist searching for rare artifacts. Meanwhile, the engineer spends his days exploring the village and the people who live there -- most of them women, with the men away at jobs that occupy them night and day for several months out of the year. He also stays in touch with the boy, who watches over the old woman's health while keeping up with his schoolwork, working on his family's farm, and helping his mother with the household chores. Meanwhile, the engineer periodically gets calls on his cellular phone, which require him to drive to a graveyard on a hill to receive the call (most, however, are wrong numbers), while making contact with a man digging a deep hole (also unseen) and a girl in the village who milk's cows which are kept in a dark basement. Concentrating on what we don't see as often as what we do, Le Vent Nous Emportera bears the distinctive stamp of director Abbas Kiarostami and was embraced by critics in its screening at the 1999 Venice Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 58 min.

Directed by: Abbas Kiarostami

Release Date: July 28, 2000

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DVD Release Date: September 17, 2002

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  • fb100002359227440
    January 5, 2012
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    Kiarostami, prova mais uma vez o seu grande talento num dos maiores cinemas do mundo: o cinema do Ira.
  • maverk
    May 8, 2009
    maverk
    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.

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Critic Reviews

Jeffrey Overstreet
May 18, 2010
Jeffrey Overstreet, Looking Closer

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. Full Review

Tim Brayton
December 22, 2008
Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy

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

Jake Euker
July 29, 2004
Jake Euker, F5 (Wichita, KS)

One of the 90s' great films.

Brian Gibson
December 1, 2003
Brian Gibson, Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

slowly spellbinding

Luke Y. Thompson
November 28, 2003
Luke Y. Thompson, New Times

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.

Nick Davis
August 15, 2003
Nick Davis, Nick's Flick Picks

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

Dennis Schwartz
October 29, 2002
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Hypnotic! Full Review

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
March 16, 2002
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice

A mesmerizing Iranian film that keeps reminding us that the mysteries of life and death cannot be manipulated or controlled. Full Review

Maria Garcia
January 1, 2000
Maria Garcia, Film Journal International

By leaving gaps in the story, and allowing us to fill them in, Kiarostami gives new life to the art form, but more importantly, he becomes the vortex for the stories we tell. Full Review

Jeffrey M. Anderson
January 1, 2000
Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid

Abbas Kiarostami's films have a knack for taking us away to a clearer, more vivid place, allowing us to breathe for what seems like the first time in years. He has done that once again, and better tha... Full Review

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