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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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