The Wind Journeys
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| Directed by | Ciro Guerra |
| Produced by | Diana Bustamante Cristina Gallego |
| Written by | Ciro Guerra |
| Starring | Marciano Martínez Yull Núñez |
| Music by | Iván Ocampo |
| Cinematography | Paulo Andrés Pérez |
| Edited by | Iván Wild |
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| Distributed by | Cineplex |
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117 minutes |
| Country | Colombia Germany Netherlands Argentina |
| Language | Spanish Palenquero Wayuu Arhuaco |
The Wind Journeys (Spanish: Los viajes del viento) is a 2009 Colombian-German-Argentine-Dutch drama film written and directed by Ciro Guerra. It was filmed in 80 locations in Northern Colombia and is spoken in Spanish, Palenquero, Wayuunaiki, and Ikun. It was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
The film follows the travel of vallenato musician Ignacio Carrillo (portrayed by real-life musician Marciano Martínez) who is followed by Fermín, a young boy who wants to be his apprentice, in a journey to return his instrument to his original owner, the man who once was his mentor.
Ignacio Carrillo (Marciano Martínez) is a vallenato musician from Majagual (Sucre), who decides, after his wife's sudden death, to stop playing and return his accordion to his former master. It is said that the instrument is cursed after Guerra, the former master, won a duel with the devil. He is joined by Fermín Morales (Yull Núñez), a teenage boy who admires Ignacio and wishes to become a juglar like him. Carrillo reluctantly accepts, given his loneliness. In 1968, on an Ash Wednesday, Carrillo, Morales and their donkey start a journey throughout several towns in the Caribbean region in Northern Colombia, to Taroa (a small caserío in La Guajira Desert, where Carrillo's master supposedly lives. During their journey, Carrillo participates in the first version of the Vallenato Legend Festival in Valledupar.
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