Turtles Can Fly
Drama
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2004
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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.
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Runtime:
98 min
Release date:
10 Sep 2004
Country:
IR, FR, IQ
Languages:
Kurdish, English, Arabic
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$1,075,462
Awards:
23 wins & 8 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
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
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:
A lyrical and heartbreaking reminder of the human toll of war.
– Rene Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
13 May 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:
relentless, bleakly funny, thoroughly remarkable drama
– Ty Burr,
Boston Globe,
22 Apr 2005