The Lovers' Wind

{{Short description|1978 film directed by Albert Lamorisse}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Lovers' Wind

| image =

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| director = Albert Lamorisse

| producer = Albert Lamorisse

| writer =

| narrator = Manuchehr Anvar

| music =

| cinematography = Guy Tabary

| editing = Denise de Casabianca
Claude Lamorisse

| distributor = Ministry of Culture and Art

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1978}}

| runtime = 71 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

}}

The Lovers' Wind ({{langx|fr|Le Vent des amoureux}}) is a 1978 French documentary film directed by Albert Lamorisse about the landscape of Iran. Lamorisse was killed in a helicopter crash while filming the documentary, during a helicopter-tour of Iran.{{cite news | author=Terence Rafferty | title=Two Short Fables That Revel in Freedom | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/movies/11raff.html?pagewanted=all | work=New York Times | date=11 November 2007 | access-date=23 December 2007}} His widow and son completed the film, based on his production notes, and released the film eight years later. It was nominated for a posthumous Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1979 |title=The 51st Academy Awards (1979) Nominees and Winners |access-date=6 October 2011|work=oscars.org}}{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/160976/Le-Vent-des-amoureux/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071204191427/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/160976/Le-Vent-des-amoureux/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 December 2007 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Clarke Fountain |date=2007 |title=NY Times: The Lovers' Wind |access-date=16 November 2008}}