A Tale of the Wind
1989, French. Directed by Joris Ivens & Marceline Loridan-Ivens.
It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them on film.
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Details
- Released
- 19 March 1989
- Original title
- Une histoire de vent
- Country
- Germany, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Written by
- Marceline Loridan-Ivens, Joris Ivens
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A Tale of the Wind runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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A Tale of the Wind isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 19 March 1989. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
What movies are like A Tale of the Wind?
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Who directed A Tale of the Wind?
A Tale of the Wind (1989) was directed by Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens and stars Joris Ivens, Liu Zhuang, Wang Delong.