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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a British film of genre Drama directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor with Chiwetel Ejiofor
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
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Add to a movie listLe Garçon qui dompta le vent (The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind) est un film britannique réalisé par Chiwetel Ejiofor, sorti en 2019.
Il est présenté au Festival du film de Sundance 2019 en section Premieres.
C'est l'adaptation du roman autobiographique éponyme de William Kamkwamba.
Synopsis
Le vélo de son père, des matériaux récupérés dans une décharge, l'aide de quelques villageois devraient lui permettre de construire une éolienne. Au Malawi en pleine période de sécheresse, celle-ci lui permettrait peut-être de faire fonctionner une pompe servant à irriguer les terres brûlées par le soleil. Arrivera-t-il à sauver sa famille et son village de la famine. Du génie à l'état pur ou brut surtout de la part d'un gamin de 13/14 ans. Une histoire vraie et un beau film qui relativise nos petites difficultés.Actors
Chiwetel Ejiofor
(Trywell Kamkwamba)
Aïssa Maïga
(Agnes Kamkwamba)
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