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Should the Wind Drop (Si le vent tombe)

Should the Wind Drop (Si le vent tombe)

Movie · 2020 · 3 people

Nora Martirosyan directed the 2020 drama Should the Wind Drop (French title Si le vent tombe), a French, Armenian and Belgian co-production. Its producers were Sister Productions in France, Kwassa Films in Belgium and Aneva in Armenia. Martirosyan wrote the screenplay with Emmanuelle Salasc, and the film was earlier known as Should the Wind Fall.

The story begins when Alain, a young international auditor based in France, is sent to the Caucasus to judge whether the airport of the unrecognized Artsakh Republic can reopen. Grégoire Colin plays Alain. On arrival he meets a boy named Edgar, played by Hayk Bakhryan, and the bond he forms with the child and the people living nearby pushes him to risk everything to approve the airport's opening.

The film was selected for the 73rd Cannes Festival and was placed in both the official selection and the ACID selection, the only film in the festival's history to receive that double nod. In 2020 it also screened at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival, in the Industry Selects strand at the Toronto International Film Festival, and in the competition at Tokyo Filmex. Armenia chose it as its entry for Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.

DirectorNora Martirosyan
Production companySister Productions, Kwassa Films, Aneva

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Also in the cast: Hayk Bakhryan (Edgar)

Through different eyes

AI-assisted editorial takes written from different viewer perspectives. They are not reader reviews; those are below.

Cinephile Looks at script, editing and directing choices; keeps a distance from formula films.

Putting at the center a foreign expert who must judge whether an airport can reopen is an original idea that uses a bureaucratic process as a dramatic engine. That Nora Martirosyan's film is the only one in Cannes history to be placed in both the official selection and the ACID selection shows the boldness was rewarded. On the other hand, an outsider softening through his bond with a child and the local people is a very familiar cinematic template. The film's success depends on whether that template is handled without sliding into sentimentality; the weight of the subject risks being reduced to a warm story that makes Alain's change too easy. Grégoire Colin's outsider character is the right entry point for introducing viewers to the region.

History & Society Lens Asks about the period, the social background and what the work reflects.

The airport at the heart of the film is not just a building for the unrecognized Artsakh Republic but a symbol of its door to the world. Having an outside auditor decide whether a place may connect with the wider world shows, through a simple story, the weight of the international order on small communities. Alain forming bonds with people in a place he came to for a technical assignment also asks how rules and everyday life touch each other. Rather than taking sides in a political debate, the film focuses on what it is like to live inside that uncertainty; Armenia choosing it as its Oscar entry shows the meaning the story carries there.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humor and heart.

A calm, slow-moving drama; the story as described gives no hint of violence or harsh language. The bond between a man and a young boy is a warm element. But subjects like an airport audit and an unrecognized country are too abstract for children, who will most likely get bored. Better suited to curious teenagers and adults.

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