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A musician travels a great distance to return an instrument to his elderly teacher. - The Wind Journeys
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Title: The Wind Journeys

Release Date: 30 Apr 2009

Runtime: 1h 57m

Genre: Drama, Music, Adventure

Director: World Cinema Fund, Ibermedia, Razor Film Produktion, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Cine Ojo, RCN Cine, Rotterdam Media Fund, ZDF/Arte, Hubert Bals Fund, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Volya Films, Ciudad Lunar, Primer Plano Film Group, CineMart, Carboandes, Cinéfondation, Servientrega, Gobernacion del Cesar, Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematografico

Production Companies: World Cinema Fund, Ibermedia, Razor Film Produktion, Nederlands Fonds voor de Film, Cine Ojo, RCN Cine, Rotterdam Media Fund, ZDF/Arte, Hubert Bals Fund, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Volya Films, Ciudad Lunar, Primer Plano Film Group, CineMart, Carboandes, Cinéfondation, Servientrega, Gobernacion del Cesar, Fondo para el Desarrollo Cinematografico

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.9 (36 votes)

Cast

  • Ignacio Carrillo: Marciano Martínez
  • Fermin Morales: Yull Núñez
  • Ninz: Agustin Nieves
  • Meyo: Jose Luis Torres
  • Tendera: Carmen Molina
  • Mujer Guajira: Erminia Martinez
  • Batata: Justo Valdez
  • Marimbero Mayor: Juan Batista Martinez
  • Alvaro Figueras: Hector Brito
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