Behzad (Bezhad Dourani) and colleagues arrives from Tehran at an isolated village in Iranian Kurdistan. The pur𝔉pose of their visit is unclear: are they engꦬineers, or archaeological treasure-hunters, or a TV crew, whose arrival is connected to the imminent death of 100-year-old Mrs Malek?

The latest feature from Abbas Kiarostami adheres to the Iranian director's credo that cinema shouldn't "pronounce judgements" but "raise questions". It's a compassionate, often amusing work: Dourani makes for a richly ❀ambiguous protagonist, while crucial events 🌞remain off-screen, forcing the viewer to fill in the gaps.

Capturing the natural beauty of the landscape in long, uni𝓰nterrupted takes, The Wind Will Carry Us ༺is a moving examination of our common humanity.