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.
If The Wind Will Carry Us hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, longing, and belonging. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down, caught between worlds, and class and money. The feel is the same: melancholic, quietly devastating, slow burn, and episodic.
What ties these together is longing, figuring out who you are, and belonging. They share the same lens on caught between worlds and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, melancholic, warm, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Both films sit with loss of innocence, longing, and figuring out who you are. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down and class and money. Both move the same way too, melancholic, warm, slow burn, and episodic.
What ties these together is figuring out who you are, longing, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, melancholic, quietly devastating, slow burn, and dreamlike.
What ties these together is belonging, figuring out who you are, and longing. Both circle the same ground: class and money and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, warm, melancholic, episodic, and slow burn.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, longing, and belonging. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down, class and money, and caught between worlds. The feel is the same: melancholic, warm, slow burn, and episodic.
Both films sit with longing, loss of innocence, and figuring out who you are. Both circle the same ground: old ways vs. new world. The feel is the same: melancholic, quietly devastating, slow burn, and episodic.
What ties these together is loss of innocence, belonging, and longing. The world both films live in revolves around class and money, family wounds passed down, and caught between worlds. Both move the same way too, melancholic, quietly devastating, slow burn, and dreamlike.
