The Wind Will Carry Us

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The Wind Will Carry Us
Directed by	Abbas Kiarostami
Written by	Abbas Kiarostami
Produced by	Abbas Kiarostami
Starring	Behzad Dorani
Cinematography	Mahmoud Kalari
Distributed by	New Yorker Films (USA)
Release date	6 September 1999 (1999-09-06) (Venice Film Festival)
Running time	118 minutes
Language	Persian

The Wind Will Carry Us (Persian: باد ما را خواهد برد, Bād mā rā khāhad bord) 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.

The Wind Will Carry Us received positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for the Golden Lion at the 56th Venice International Film Festival. It won the Grand Special Jury Prize (Silver Lion), the FIPRESCI Prize, and the CinemAvvenire award at the festival. It received numerous other nominations and awards as well.^{[citation needed]}