Saturday 6/4 we watched the 1999 Iranian film: The Wind will Carry Us and had a lively discussion afterwards about the film style, which lacked the usual Western dramatic interaction and involved the camera following around a central character. It enlightened us to aspects of rural Iranian culture.
A group of photographers or filmmakers (engineers) wait to document a mysterious ceremony that will follow an ailing old woman's death. The old woman is a relative of the central character and during the wait he observes and is intrigued by the simpler way of life in the remote village.
Children of Paradise came up as a choice for a future time.
It may have to be broken up into two showings because it is 2 hours and 43 minutes long or we will decide to start earlier.
Below is a scene from the 1945 film classic:
Storyline:
This tragic tale centers around the ill-fated love between Baptiste, a theater mime, and Claire Reine, an actress and otherwise woman-about-town who calls herself Garance. Garance is loved by three other men: Frederick, a pretentious actor; Lacenaire, a conniving thief; and Count Eduard of Monteray. The story is further complicated by Nathalie, an actress who is in love with Baptiste. Garance and Baptiste meet when Garance is falsely accused of stealing a man's watch. Garance is forced to enter the protection of Count Eduard when she is innocently implicated in a crime committed by Lacenaire. In the intervening years of separation, both Garance and Baptiste become involved in loveless relationships with the Count and Nathalie, respectively. Baptiste is the father of a son. Returning to Paris, Garance finds that Baptiste has become a famous mime actor. Nathalie sends her child to foil their meeting... IMDB Written by kevin kraynak
