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Turtles Can Fly
Drama - 2005
Turtles Can Fly
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8.1
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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.
Director:
,
Bahman Ghobadi
Cast:
,
Soran Ebrahim
,
Avaz Latif
,
Saddam Hossein Feysal
,
Hiresh Feysal Rahman
,
Abdol Rahman Karim
,
Ajil Zibari

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Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
7 Jan 2005
Country:
IR, FR, IQ
Languages:
English, Arabic, Kurdish
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
23 wins & 7 nominations

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
relentless, bleakly funny, thoroughly remarkable drama
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
22 Apr 2005
fresh:
A story that renders into poetry the sad facts of survival for child victims of war.
– Susan Walker,
Toronto Star,
22 Apr 2005
fresh:
A lyrical and heartbreaking reminder of the human toll of war.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
13 May 2005
fresh:
Riveting, depressing and eye-opening, Turtles Can Fly is a movie about an Iraq that the news hasn't shown us.
– Roger Moore,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Jun 2005
fresh:
Despite its fanciful title, Turtles Can Fly leads viewers into a slough of despond, one in which not just hope is strangled but virtually any possibility for simple human kindness.
– Ann Hornaday,
Washington Post,
26 Sep 2005
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