After the traumatic death of his wife, a musician vows to never play his accursed accordion again, and embarks on one last journey to return the instrument to its rightful owner. 

Status: completed

Festivals and Awards (selection):

Official Selection: Cannes, Un Certain Regard 2009 - Award of the city of Rome

Official Selection Toronto Film Festival 2009

Official Selection Rio Film Festival 2009

Official Selection San Sebastian Film Festival 2009

Official Selection London Film Festival 2009

Official Selection Munich Film Festival 2009

Ignacio Carillo traveled all his life throughout the villages of Northern Colombia, carrying Vallenato music and traditional songs on his accordion, a legendary instrument said to be cursed by the devil himself. When his wife dies, Ignacio decides to make one last journey to the coast in order to return the accordion to his old teacher and mentor and never play it again. On his way he is joined by young Fermin, a boy from his village, who dreams of becoming a famous musician just like Ignacio. Tired of his own loneliness, Ignacio reluctantly accepts the company of the eager young man and together they start an adventurous journey that takes them through the enormous diversity of the Caribbean culture that gave birth to the music they are playing. Along the way Ignacio will try to convince Fermin to take a different path in his life, having learned that his own only led to solitude and sadness. On his journey he learns that fate has different plans for him and his student.

Biography Ciro Guerra

Born in 1981 in Rio de Oro, Colombia, Ciro Guerra studied Film and Television at the National University of Colombia. At the age of twenty he wrote and directed his first feature film “La sombra del caminante” (The Wandering Shadows).

After "The Wandering Shadows” was selected for over 45 film festivals and won multiple awards around the world, his second feature “The Wind Journeys” became his second film to be selected as Colombia’s official Academy Award entry. 

Cast:

Marciano Martinez

Yull Nunez

Team:

Scriptwriter & Director: Ciro Guerra

Production:

Cuidad Lunar Producciones

Razor Film Produktion

Cine-Ojo Films

Universidad Nacional Colombia

Funded by: Colombian Film Fund, Ibermedia Madrid, Hubert Bals Fund Rotterdam, World Cinema Fund