The Wind Will Carry Us depicts a city engineer whose visit in a Kurdish town draws curiosity from the locals. Understandably so, because they initially can’t make sense of what he’s doing. What is he doing in the cemetery? Why did he bring all these people? The documentary-like techniques director Abbas Kiarostami uses makes the discovery unfold naturally, as the inscrutable protagonist reveals parts of himself as he gets to know the townspeople. It’s interestingly self-reflexive, as the engineer’s goal lays closer to what Kiarostami set out to do with this film, and the film ends up becoming as contemplative, bemusing, and as beautiful as Kiarostami’s other Iran-set features.
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.
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.
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