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The Wind Will Carry Us

The Wind Will Carry Us
Release date: 1999-09-12
Rating: 7.2
Votes: 181
Genres: Drama
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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