The Wind Will Carry Us - Abbas Kiarostami (Iran, 1999, 1h 58m)
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“A film poem of sometimes humbling beauty: a movie that opens up a new world to us — in the mountains of Iranian Kurdistan — with an enchanting freshness and austerity of vision.”
—The Chicago Tribune
“THE WIND WILL CARRY US takes the refined work of Iranian helmer Abbas Kiarostami up another notch to ever more metaphoric ground, where the vibrant colors of nature battle bones from a cemetery in a subtle personal debate about the value of being alive.”
—Variety
In a secluded village, an elderly woman at the center of a funeral ceremony stubbornly clings to life, much to the chagrin of a film crew who have traveled from Tehran to document the proceedings. A wry drama layered with poetic allusions characteristic of the best from director Abbas Kiarostami.
Featuring a post-film discussion and a pop-up shop on March 8. This film’s book pairing, Conversations with Kiarostami by Godfrey Cheshire, is available for purchase at Alienated Majesty Books, in-person or online.
-- Write-up by the Austin Film Society
Tickets can be bought online at this link.
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