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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

  • 7.6 /10

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  • 86%

Plot

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

Cast

Maxwell Simba as William Kamkwamba
Maxwell Simba

as William Kamkwamba

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Trywell Kamkwamba
Chiwetel Ejiofor

as Trywell Kamkwamba

Aïssa Maïga as Agnes Kamkwamba
Aïssa Maïga

as Agnes Kamkwamba

Lily Banda as Annie Kamkwamba
Lily Banda

as Annie Kamkwamba

Joseph Marcell as Chief Wembe
Joseph Marcell

as Chief Wembe

Lemogang Tsipa as Mike Kachigunda
Lemogang Tsipa

as Mike Kachigunda

Philbert Falakeza as Gilbert Wimbe
Philbert Falakeza

as Gilbert Wimbe

Noma Dumezweni as Edith Sikelo
Noma Dumezweni

as Edith Sikelo

Khalani Makunje as Daniel Ngwata
Khalani Makunje

as Daniel Ngwata

Robert Agengo as Jeremiah Kamkwamba
Robert Agengo

as Jeremiah Kamkwamba

Movie Facts

Rated

  • TV-PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • February 14, 2019

Production Companies

  • Participant

  • BBC Film

  • BFI

  • Potboiler Productions

Production Countries

  • Malawi

  • United Kingdom

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.88 hrs

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Reviews

This 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…