Turtles Can Fly (2005)

01/07/2005Drama1h 38m
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Overview

Turtles Can Fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iraq border. They clean up mines and wait for the Saddam regime to fall.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Soran Ebrahim

    Mr. Satellite (Soran)

  2. Avaz Latif

    Agrin

  3. Saddam Hossein Feysal

    Pashow

  4. Hiresh Feysal Rahman

    Hengov

  5. Abdol Rahman Karim

    Riga

  6. Ajil Zibari

    Shirkooh

_Turtles Can Fly_ is a haunting anti-war film set in a Kurdish refugee camp before the 2003 Iraq invasion. Shot with real refugee children, it captures displacement with raw authenticity. “Satellite,” a savvy teen, leads landmine-clearing kids with dry humour and grit. The performances, shaped by lived trauma, hit hard. The final moments are devastating but never exploitative. Not an easy watch—unforgettable and vital.

Status Released

Original LanguageKurdish 

Budget-

Revenue $1,075,462.00

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