Le garçon qui dompta le vent

Original title: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

2019
13
1h 53m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

48K

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Chiwetel Ejiofor and Maxwell Simba in Le garçon qui dompta le vent (2019)

A boy in Malawi is thrown out of the school he loves when his family can no longer afford the fees. Sneaking back into the school library, he finds a way, using the bones of the bicycle belonging to his father Trywell (Chiwetel Ejiofor), to build a windmill which could save his village from famine.

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Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

48K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 5 wins & 6 nominations total

Videos4

Trailer 2:23

Official Trailer

Clip 4:09

The Rise of Chiwetel Ejiofor

Clip 4:09

The Rise of Chiwetel Ejiofor

Featurette 1:59

The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind: William's Story (Featurette)

Video 2:57

Chiwetel Ejiofor Transitions from Actor to Director

Photos43

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Trivia
Chiwetel Ejiofor had to learn the Malawi language spoken in the film, Chichewa.

Goofs
Times passes but the baby of the family does not grow up.

Quotes
Trywell Kamkwamba: Democracy. Democracy is just like imported cassava. It rots quickly.

Soundtracks
Bilo
Written by Justin Vali
Performed by The Justin Vali Quartett
Produced by Paddy Bush

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Featured review

9/10

A great movie based on the book wrote by The real life man

Ignore the review that says the story is not true. The book is an autobiography and the movie has Michael speaking at the end. There is pretty much massive amounts of documentation verifying his education. He went to school, several in fact, including Dartmouth and worked for varied non profits.

I am sure the movie might be a tad Hollywoodized as the "based on" ones all usually are but does not detract from this great Netflix film or facts.