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Turtles Can Fly

Original title: Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand
  • 20042004
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 38m
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8.0/10
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Turtles Can Fly (2004)
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Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.
IMDb RATING
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20K
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    • Bahman Ghobadi
    • Bahman Ghobadi
  • Stars
    • Soran Ebrahim
    • Avaz Latif
    • Saddam Hossein Feysal
    • Bahman Ghobadi
    • Bahman Ghobadi
  • Stars
    • Soran Ebrahim
    • Avaz Latif
    • Saddam Hossein Feysal
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 108User reviews
    • 116Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
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    Avaz Latif in Turtles Can Fly (2004)
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    Soran Ebrahim, Saddam Hossein Feysal, and Ajil Zibari in Turtles Can Fly (2004)
    Avaz Latif in Turtles Can Fly (2004)
    Bahman Ghobadi and Avaz Latif in Turtles Can Fly (2004)
    Turtles Can Fly (2004)
    Turtles Can Fly (2004)
    Soran Ebrahim and Avaz Latif in Turtles Can Fly (2004)
    Soran Ebrahim, Saddam Hossein Feysal, and Ajil Zibari in Turtles Can Fly (2004)
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    Soran Ebrahim
    • Satellite
    Avaz Latif
    • Agrin
    Saddam Hossein Feysal
    • Pashow
    Hiresh Feysal Rahman
    • Hengov
    Abdol Rahman Karim
    • Riga
    Ajil Zibari
    • Shirkooh
    Marmar Alhilali
    Dijvar Elban
    • Dijwar
    Emre Tetikel
    • Ali Reza
      • Bahman Ghobadi
      • Bahman Ghobadi
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    • Trivia
      All of the child actors in this movie were actual refugees.
    • Quotes

      Agrin: teach them math and science!

      Satellite: they know math and science. they have to learn how to shoot now!

    • Connections
      Featured in Cinema Iran (2005)

    User reviews108

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    10/10
    Moving story and amazing performances of a very young cast you will not lightly forget
    Watching this movie is an incredibly absorbing (and even physical) experience. It is amazing how the young cast (non-professionals, some of them actually lived in refugee camps along the Iraq-Turkish border) deliver such powerful performances. This is also a huge compliment to the director Bahman Gohbadi who directed the children and teens. Although the film depicts the nightmare where these children live in, it has also some comic moments, making it even more believable and real life. And what's more: the film never gets sentimental.

    For me it is one of the best movies I have seen in the last few years. Not uplifting (I really needed a drink after wards) and a film you will not easily forget. On the other hand the story does provide sparkles of hope and the main characters are true survivors. So don't miss it when it plays in a theater near you! "Turtles Can Fly" won the audience award of the International Filmfestival in Rotterdam 2005 (Netherlands).
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    • Feb 6, 2005

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    • Release date
      • February 23, 2005 (France)
      • Iran
      • France
      • sourehcinema
      • Kurdish
      • Arabic
      • English
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      • Kurdistan, Iraq
    • Production companies
      • Mij Film Co.
      • Bac Films
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    • 1 hour 38 minutes
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