5.7
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
February 14, 20191h 53mEN
7.9
1.9K votes
Overview
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Director
Chiwetel EjioforWhere to Watch
Streaming availability for India
Stream
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Chichewa; Nyanja
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
ParticipantBBC FilmBFIPotboiler Productions
Movies Like The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
6.1
Saint Barbara
2012
A Rising Village
2021
7.3
Lord of War
2005
6.8
Sorgavaasal
2024
6.5
Forever Rich
2021
6.0
Fort Saganne
1984
7.1
Seabiscuit
2003
Recommended for You
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7.0This is a great looking film depicting the abject poverty, despite their best efforts, of a subsistence farming community in Malawi. The cinematography is glorious as we follow the Kamkwamba family's struggles to educate their children and feed themselves at the same time - in the face of some pretty brutal government corruption and a severe drought. Son "William" (Maxwell Simba) is thirteen, and he has more than an average degree of nouse to him - he concludes, after studying a few engineering books in his school's library - that by cannibalising an old bike and an old ghetto-blaster, he can…
Read full review →