The whisper of wind through snow-dusted pines, the hush before dawn on a frosty ridge, and the sudden thundering of elk ...

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To celebrate Iranian auteur Majid Majidi, Subhash Jha takes a look at his brilliant Indian film Beyond The Clouds. Majid ...