It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them on film.
| Directing | Joris Ivens | Director |
| Editing | Geneviève Louveau | Editor |
| Directing | Marceline Loridan-Ivens | Director |
| Camera | Jacques Loiseleux | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Thierry Arbogast | Director of Photography |
| Crew | Marceline Loridan-Ivens | Presenter |
| Writing | Marceline Loridan-Ivens | Screenplay |
| Writing | Marceline Loridan-Ivens | Dialogue |
| Writing | Joris Ivens | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joris Ivens | Dialogue |
| Crew | Elisabeth D. | Additional Writing |
| Sound | Jean Umansky | Sound |
| Sound | Michel Portal | Music |
| Production | Marceline Loridan-Ivens | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jacques Zajdermann | Production Director |
| Production | Meyer Berreby | Production Director |
| Production | Zhang Jinhua | Production Director |
| Production | Wu Menbing | Production Director |
| Production | Yao Chengzhang | Location Manager |
| Production | Zhu Haifeng | Location Manager |
| Production | Wu Baolai | Location Manager |
| Production | Jacqueline Haby | Administration |
| Production | Yves Jeanneau | Delegated Producer |
| Production | Sara Perset | Production Assistant |
| Directing | Alain Tasma | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Nicolas Philibert | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jean Gargonne | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sarah Taouss Matton | Sound Editor |
| Camera | Laurent Chevallier | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Wang Wenhua | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Bai Kunyi | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Li Zexiang | Camera Operator |
| Camera | William Watterlot | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Christian Fournié | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Nathalie Mauger | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Patrice Guillou | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Dominique Vieillard | Sound Assistant |
| Art | Zhao Jinsheng | Set Decoration |
| Art | Zhang Zebin | Set Decoration |
| Art | Christian Marti | Set Decoration |
| Lighting | Claude Hirsch | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Guo Weijun | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Liu Weiming | Electrician |
| Lighting | Ma Yanqiang | Electrician |
| Lighting | Lian Shuangyue | Electrician |
| Editing | Béatrice Wick | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Clémence Lafarge | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Carole Equer-Hamy | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Minh-Tam Nguyen | Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Lu Songhe | Translator |
| Crew | Zhang Xianmin | Translator |
| Crew | Cai Xinmin | Translator |
| Crew | Yin Yan | Translator |
| Crew | Jin Lin | Translator |
| Crew | Zuo Si | Translator |
| Crew | Catherine Henriette | Translator |
| Crew | Liu Hongyiu | Translator |
| Crew | Wei Chun | Translator |
| Sound | Dominique Dalmasso | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Laurent Lévy | Foley Artist |
| Sound | François Lepeuple | Assistant Foley Artist |
| Editing | Michel Zambelli | Color Grading |
| Editing | Jean-Claude Letrillard | Color Grading |
| Crew | Li Kaihu | Set Medic |
| Crew | Madeleine Malthête-Méliès | Thanks |
| Crew | Jin Jingyi | Thanks |
| Crew | Lin Zifeng | Thanks |
| Crew | Xin Rong | Thanks |
| Crew | Zhang Yanjiu | Thanks |
| Crew | Ying Guangzhong | Thanks |
| Crew | Johan van der Keuken | Thanks |
| Crew | Noshka Van der Lely | Thanks |
| Crew | Bernard Barrault | Thanks |
| Crew | Jean-Pierre Sergent | Thanks |
| Crew | Roland Briens | Thanks |
| Crew | Guy Radlo | Thanks |
| Crew | Jean-Pierre Nuquet | Thanks |
| Crew | Claude Robert | Thanks |
| Sound | Jean Umansky | Sound Effects |
| Sound | Alain Rosenfeld | Sound Effects |
| Crew | Huimin Situ | Thanks |
