Turtles Can Fly

– Turtles can fly tells the story of a group of young children near the Turkey-Iran border. They clean..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 38 Minutes
Release Year:
2004
Original Name:
لاک‌پشت‌ها هم پرواز می‌کنند
Turtles Can Fly (2004) - Also known as لاک‌پشت‌ها هم پرواز می‌کنند

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

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Release Date:

23 Feb 2005

Language:

Kurdish, Arabic, English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Bahman Ghobadi

Writer:

Bahman Ghobadi

Main Actors:

Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman

Plot:

On the Kurdish refugee camp on the Iraqi-Turkish border, the boy Satellite is the leader of the kids. He commands them to clear and collect American undetonated minefields in the fields to sell them in the street market and he installs antennae for the villagers. He goes with the local leader to buy a parabolic antenna to learn the news about the eminent American invasion but nobody speaks English and Satellite that knows a couple of words is assigned to translate the Fox News. When the orphans Agrin and her armless brother Hengov and the blind toddler Riga come from Halabcheh to the camp, Satellite falls in an unrequited love for Egrin. But the girl is traumatized by a cruel raid in her home, when her parents were murdered and she was raped. She wants to leave Riga behind and travel with her brother Hengov to another place, but he does not agree with her intention.

Awards:

23 wins & 7 nominations.

Gross profit:

$213,047

Production:

IFC Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
Metacritic:
85%