It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them on film.
Cast
Crew
Joris Ivens
Director, Screenplay, Dialogue
Marceline Loridan-Ivens
Director, Screenplay, Executive Producer, Dialogue, Presenter
Geneviève Louveau
Editor
Béatrice Wick
Assistant Editor
Clémence Lafarge
Assistant Editor
Carole Equer-Hamy
Assistant Editor
Minh-Tam Nguyen
Assistant Editor
Jacques Loiseleux
Director of Photography
Thierry Arbogast
Director of Photography
Michel Zambelli
Color Grading
Jean-Claude Letrillard
Color Grading
Alain Tasma
Assistant Director
Nicolas Philibert
Assistant Director
Sara Perset
Production Assistant
Laurent Chevallier
Camera Operator
Wang Wenhua
Camera Operator
Bai Kunyi
Camera Operator
Li Zexiang
Camera Operator
William Watterlot
Assistant Camera
Christian Fournié
Assistant Camera
Nathalie Mauger
Assistant Camera
Patrice Guillou
Assistant Camera
Jean Gargonne
Sound Editor
Sarah Taouss Matton
Sound Editor
Dominique Dalmasso
Sound Mixer
Jean Umansky
Sound Effects, Sound
Alain Rosenfeld
Sound Effects
Dominique Vieillard
Sound Assistant
Laurent Lévy
Foley Artist
François Lepeuple
Assistant Foley Artist
Michel Portal
Music
Zhao Jinsheng
Set Decoration
Zhang Zebin
Set Decoration
Christian Marti
Set Decoration
Liu Weiming
Electrician
Ma Yanqiang
Electrician
Lian Shuangyue
Electrician
Yao Chengzhang
Location Manager
Zhu Haifeng
Location Manager
Wu Baolai
Location Manager
Lu Songhe
Translator
Zhang Xianmin
Translator
Cai Xinmin
Translator
Yin Yan
Translator
Jin Lin
Translator
Zuo Si
Translator
Catherine Henriette
Translator
Liu Hongyiu
Translator
Wei Chun
Translator
Elisabeth D.
Additional Writing
Jacques Zajdermann
Production Director
Meyer Berreby
Production Director
Zhang Jinhua
Production Director
Wu Menbing
Production Director
Claude Hirsch
Gaffer
Guo Weijun
Gaffer
Yves Jeanneau
Delegated Producer
Jacqueline Haby
Administration
Li Kaihu
Set Medic
Madeleine Malthête-Méliès
Thanks
Jin Jingyi
Thanks
Lin Zifeng
Thanks
Xin Rong
Thanks
Zhang Yanjiu
Thanks
Ying Guangzhong
Thanks
Johan van der Keuken
Thanks
Noshka Van der Lely
Thanks
Bernard Barrault
Thanks
Jean-Pierre Sergent
Thanks
Roland Briens
Thanks
Guy Radlo
Thanks
Jean-Pierre Nuquet
Thanks
Claude Robert
Thanks
Situ Huimin
Thanks
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