Turtles Can Fly (2004)

Original title

کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن

Directed by

Bahman Ghobadi

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Iran, Iraq, France

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 242 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows refugee children living near the Iraqi-Turkish border as they wait for the American invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. It focuses on the hardships and struggles they face in the uncertain time before the war.

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What happens

Turtles Can Fly (Kurdish: Kûsî jî dikarin bifirin) is a 2004 Iranian-Kurdish war drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Bahman Ghobadi. The film stars Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Faysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdolrahman Karim, Ajil Zibari. The plot revolves around three refugee children near the Iraqi-Turkish border, waiting for the Americans to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein. Turtles Can Fly was the first film to be made after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. It had its premiere at 2004 Toronto International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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