The Wind Journeys

The Wind Journeys

2009 · 117 min · ES · 6.9 (33 votes)
Dir. Ciro Guerra · Starring Marciano Martínez, Yull Núñez, Agustin Nieves, Jose Luis Torres, Carmen Molina, Erminia Martinez

A musician travels a great distance to return an instrument to his elderly teacher.

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After his wife's death, a vallenato singer from Majagual, Sucre, decides to quit music and return his allegedly cursed accordion to his master. He is joined by Fermín Morales, a teenage boy who admires him and wishes to follow his footsteps. Together, they start a journey throughout several towns in Northern Colombia to Taroa, in La Guajira desert, where the singer's master supposedly lives.

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A deeply felt, lyrical journey through loss and the enduring power of music. It's a meditative, visually rich exploration of finding one's way back to life, carried by haunting melodies and the vast, evocative landscapes of Colombia.

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