"Le vent nous portera" (translated as "The wind will carry us") is a song by French band

Noir Désir Noir Désir (, "Black Desire") was a French rock band from Bordeaux. They were active during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, and have had two albums certified double platinum in France and three certified gold. They have been an influence on nu ...

from their 2001 album '' des Visages des Figures''. It was released as the first single from the album and reached number one for four weeks in a row in the Italian Singles Charts, as well as number three in the French charts and number seven in the

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. French-born Spanish artist

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collaborated on the song and played guitar.

Music video

The music video was directed by Alexandre Courtes and Jacques Veneruso and featured Rebecca Hampton as the main character. It won Music Video of the Year in 2001.

Covers

The song has been covered by Belgian girls' choir

Scala & Kolacny Brothers Scala & Kolacny Brothers is a Belgian women's choir conducted by Stijn Kolacny, and arranged and accompanied by Steven Kolacny on the piano. They have made five studio albums (in multiple languages) starting with ''On The Rocks'' in 2002. Most ...

on their album ''Respire'' (2004), by Swiss singer

Sophie Hunger Sophie Hunger (born Émilie Jeanne-Sophie Welti on 31 March 1983) is a Swiss singer-songwriter, film composer, multi-instrumentalist (guitar, blues harp, piano) and bandleader, currently living in Berlin. Early life Émilie Jeanne-Sophie Welt ...

on her album ''1983'' (2010), by German band

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on their album ''Fremde Federn'' (2010), by

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on their album ''Nouvelles fréquentations'' (2010), and Hungarian band Kistehén on the soundtrack for the film ''

Kalandorok ''Kalandorok'' ("Adventurers") is a 2008 Hungarian film directed by Béla Paczolay. A retired teacher, his son and his grandson take a road trip to Budapest. Cast *Péter Haumann as Grandpa * as Géza *Milán Schruff as Andris *Ágnes Bánfalvy ...

'' (2008). The Swedish-Hungarian singer

Antonia Vai Antonia Morvai (born 24 April 1988), known professionally as Antonia Vai, is a Swedish/Hungarian singer, songwriter, music producer, activist and podcaster. She is the co-founder and hostess of the Hungarian podcast MiaFemme, a feminist, anti-rac ...

also performed a cover of this song live in 2016 on one of her concerts.

Trivia

It is the title song of the movie '' Q''.

References

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