 An aspect of Abbas Kiarostami 's artistry that eludes those unfamiliar with Persian poetry and that has therefore remained inaccessible to many is the way he turns poetic images into cinematic ones . This is most obvious in those Kiarostami films that recall specific texts of Persian poetry more or less explicitly : Where 's the Friend 's Home ? and The Wind will Carry Us . The characters recite poems mainly from classical Persian poet Omar Khayyám or modern Persian poets Sohrab Sepehri and Forough Farrokhzad . One of the most poetic moments in Wind Will Carry Us is a long shot of a wheat field with rippling golden crops through which the doctor , accompanied by the filmmaker , is riding his scooter down a twisting road . In response to his comment that the other world is a better place than this one , the doctor recites this poem of Khayyam : 
