The Wind Will Carry Us
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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Cast
12 people
Behzad Dorani
Behzad
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Farzad Sohrabi
Farzad
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Noghre Asadi
Roushan Karam Elmi
Bahman Ghobadi
Known for
No One Knows About Persian Cats
Shahpour Ghobadi
Reihan Heidari
Masood Mansouri
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Ali Reza Naderi
Frangis Rahsepar
Masoameh Salimi
Lida Soltani
Abbas Kiarostami Director · Peyman Yazdanian Composer Mahmoud Kalari Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $260K · United States release July 28, 2000 · Produced in Iran, France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$259,510
Production
Kiarostami Foundation
Production
MK2 Productions
Production
mk2 Films
Production
Iran · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
باد ما را خواهد برد
Original language
Persian
Spoken on screen
Kurdish · Persian
Release dates
Italy · September 6, 1999
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · July 28, 2000
Theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · September 17, 2002
Physical · New Yorker Video DVD
United States
September 15, 2000 · Theatrical · Los Angeles, California
May 30, 2014 · Theatrical · New York City, New York (Re-Release)
July 22, 2014 · Physical · Cohen Film Collection Blu-ray / DVD
July 27, 2019 · Limited theatrical · IFC Center (4K Restoration)
August 4, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (Digitally Restored Version)
October 5, 2019 · Limited theatrical · The Beacon, Seattle, Washington
May 12, 2023 · Limited theatrical · Harvard Film Archive
May 13, 2025 · Physical · The Criterion Collection Blu-ray
Brazil
August 8, 2026 · Limited theatrical · IMS Paulista ("Abbas Kiarostami em Retrospectiva" - 2K Restoration)
Canada
September 12, 1999 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
France
November 24, 1999 · Theatrical
September 18, 2002 · Physical · MK2 Editions DVD
May 10, 2020 · Digital
July 7, 2020 · Physical · Blu-ray
May 30, 2021 · Limited theatrical · Centre Pompidou (Restored Version)
June 2, 2021 · Theatrical · Re-Release
Italy
September 23, 1999 · Theatrical
Netherlands
February 1, 2000 · Premiere · International Film Festival Rotterdam
August 3, 2000 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 22, 2002 · Theatrical
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