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Turtles Can Fly

Turtles Can Fly

7.8 / 1020051h 38m

Synopsis

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.

Genre: Drama

Status: Released

Director: Bahman Ghobadi

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Main Cast

Soran Ebrahim

Soran Ebrahim

Mr. Satellite (Soran)

Avaz Latif

Agrin

Saddam Hossein Feysal

Pashow

Hiresh Feysal Rahman

Hengov

Abdol Rahman Karim

Riga

Ajil Zibari

Shirkooh

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User Reviews

griggs79

_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.