# The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

> An impatient urban engineer's visit to a remote Iranian village becomes a patient, quietly comic meditation on mortality, community, and the ethics of looking.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/28276

## Facts

- Runtime: 118 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Abbas Kiarostami
- Cast: Behzad Dorani, Farzad Sohrabi, Noghre Asadi, Roushan Karam Elmi, Bahman Ghobadi, Shahpour Ghobadi, Reihan Heidari, Masood Mansouri
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209463/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: slow
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: witty, haunting, poetic, quiet evening, reflective viewing

## Synopsis

A city engineer's journey into rural life reveals unexpected truths about community and belonging.

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