Cinema - WOW - The Wind Journeys (Cert. 15) 

WOW Wales One World Film Festival 9

The Wind Journeys (15)

Dir: Ciro Guerra

Colombia/Germany/Argentina/Netherlands  2009 1hr 57mins
Spanish with English subtitles
Marciano MartÌnez, Yull N·n~ez

Not to be missed if you like to travel off the beaten track. Ignacio, an ageing nomadic maestro of traditional Colombian music embarks upon a journey to return his cursed accordion to where it came from with a young boy tagging along hoping to learn how to play. Their journey takes them through fantastically beautiful countryside and a series of strange encounters, on what becomes an elemental, mythical quest interspersed with glorious haunting music. When Ignacio reluctantly enters an accordion duel, we witness a jaw-dropping musical scene in which the players rap back and forth, the music getting faster and faster, the crowd urging them to ever greater heights. A real discovery, this is quite unlike anything you'll ever have seen before.