---
title: 'The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Abbas Kiarostami'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 118
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Iran'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wind-will-carry-us-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209463/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)

1999 · 118 min · Drama · Iran, France

Original title: Bād Mā Rā Chāhad Bord

## Synopsis

The Wind Will Carry Us is a 1999 Iranian film written and directed by Abbas Kiarostami. The title is a reference to a poem written by the modern Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad. In the film, a journalist posing as a city engineer arrives in a Kurdish village to document the locals' mourning rituals that anticipate the death of an old woman. However, she remains alive, and the journalist is forced to slow down and appreciate the lifestyle of the village.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Abbas Kiarostami](https://cinepixo.com/people/abbas-kiarostami)
- **Screenplay:** [Abbas Kiarostami](https://cinepixo.com/people/abbas-kiarostami)
- **Producer:** [Abbas Kiarostami](https://cinepixo.com/people/abbas-kiarostami)
- **Editor:** [Abbas Kiarostami](https://cinepixo.com/people/abbas-kiarostami)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peyman Yazdanian](https://cinepixo.com/people/peyman-yazdanian)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mahmoud Kalari](https://cinepixo.com/people/mahmoud-kalari)

## Cast

- [Behzad Dorani](https://cinepixo.com/people/behzad-dorani)
- [Bahman Ghobadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bahman-ghobadi)

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