A Tale of the Wind (1988)
"Une histoire de vent" (original title)

This film travels through fantasy and reality as Ivens goes to China to capture the Wind. The film reflects the film maker's journey - from his first film on the wind (Pour Le Mistral)to ... See full summary »

Director:

Joris Ivens

Writers:

Joris Ivens, Marceline Loridan Ivens

Stars:

Henxiang Han, Joris Ivens, Guilian Liu

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Henxiang Han
Joris Ivens	...	Himself
Guilian Liu
Hongyu Liu	...	Herself
Zhuang Liu
Marceline Loridan Ivens	...	Herself
Hong Wang

Storyline

This film travels through fantasy and reality as Ivens goes to China to capture the Wind. The film reflects the film maker's journey - from his first film on the wind (Pour Le Mistral)to this - Iven's last film. The documentary flows between fantasy and reality moving between the images the film maker has made ,seen or dreamt about. Combining documentary with Chinese mythology and opera and even Georges Melies' "A trip to the Moon", Ivens melds culture, landscape and mindscape with breath taking effect. The 80 year old director travels as a boy from his windmill home in erstwhile Holland in a glider made from clothes from a clothesline. We see his journey through life and into the mysticism of the orient in his old age. His memories take us into a humorous, sometimes pensive, magical journey while the film's crew struggles to capture the wind and his breath.

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Plot Keywords:

wind | landscape | old age | life | china | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

France UK West Germany Netherlands

Language:

French Mandarin

Release Date:

19 March 1989 (France)

Also Known As:

A Tale of the Wind

Company Credits

Production Co:

Air France, Capi Films, Channel Four Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Nicolas Philibert traveled to China with Joris Ivens to help make this film.

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Connections

References A Trip to the Moon (1902)

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