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MPAA RATING: Not rated
Starring Behzad Dourani
With a strange mission, a group of people from the city come to a small village in Iran. They are awaiting the death of a 100+ year old woman, while pretending to be communication engineers.
| GENRE(S): | Drama |
| DIRECTED BY: | Abbas Kiarostami |
| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: September 17, 2002 Video: September 17, 2002 Theatrical: July 28, 2000 |
| RUNNING TIME: | 118 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: | Iran / France |
| LANGUAGE(S): | Farsi (with English subtitles) |
Original title "Bad ma ra khahad bord"
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The average user rating for this movie is 8.2 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Reza T. gave it a10:
This is by far the best Kiarostami`s film. Watching it is an amazing journey to human soul.
Liz D. gave it a9:
An awesome film. and the "engineer" appears as a good guy--who is really an assassin.
Naomi H gave it a6:
I have to admit, this was a very difficult film for me to sit through. I happen to be one that loves slow, beautiful movies. I stand up to criticism from friends and family who think foreign films are boring and plotless. I don't want to give this a poor review, I just want people to be aware that not everyone has the right sensibilities to enjoy this film. I thought I did, but I was wrong. If the intention was to exasperate me every time the phone rang, the film won. Boy did it win.
Sammy G. gave it a10:
See it more than once; you need to be familiar with kiarostami's work before you appreciate it.
Chad S. gave it a 7:
"The Wind Will Carry Us" begins with a car brimming with conversation between men as they traverse across rural Iran conducted in an unbroken master shot. We hear disembodied voices for about seven minutes. Welcome to Iranian cinema. "The Wind Will Carry Us" is made more accessible than Abbas Kiarostami's previous effort "The Taste of Cherry" by the friendship our Engineer (Behzad Dourani) strikes up with a child. Your lasting memory of "The Wind Will Carry Us" is how the Engineer seeks higher elevation in order for his cell-phone to work. He does this four, or maybe, five times, in which Kiarostami shows him arrive at this destination by foot, and then by car, with varying strategies of editing. This repetitive action must be deadpan comedy as way of explanation for something so mind-numbing. Each time the phone rings, it prevents the Engineer from pushing the narrative in a potentially interesting direction. He wants to answer the call, but the audience wishes that he'd ignore it. Our exasperation could be the desired effect Kiarostami was after; deliberate anti-entertainment as entertainment; the potential to learn more about the Engineer and his mission, stalled by the need to answer a call.
Will C. gave it a 10:
This is a beautiful film that requires effort on the part of the viewer to truly appreciate. Understanding the political situation in Iran is crucial, and it helps to know some of the other works of Kiarostami.
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