Synopsis
باد ما را خواهد برد
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.
Audience Engagement
139 audience reviews — more than 96% of Other Asia films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 95th percentile among Other Asia films.
Other Titles From MK2 Films
The 1998–2000 Other Asia Window
The Wind Will Carry Us holds position #9 of 23 Other Asia films in the 1998–2000 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1990s Other Asia Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Other Asia, 53 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Wind Will Carry Us premiered alongside 7 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 7 other Other Asia films in 1999.
The 111th Other Asia title from Other Asia we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1949).
Our Other Asia catalog contains 547 titles in total (522 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Wind Will Carry Us, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- engineering · 3
- rural area · 26
- small town · 13
- fish out of water · 8
- iran · 33
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #131 of 547 Other Asia films indexed here (76th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the Other Asia average of 6.6/10.
Among Other Asia Drama productions specifically: #100 of 356 (top 28%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Other Asia |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Iran, France |
| Original Language | Persian |
| Production Companies | MK2 Films |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | September 6, 1999 |
| IMDb | tt0209463 |