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Turtles Can Fly
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Turtles Can Fly is a 2004 war drama film directed, written, and produced by Bahman Ghobadi. The movie features a screenplay by Ghobadi and music composed by Hossein Alizadeh, with editing by Hayedeh Safiyari. It is presented in the Kurdish language and originates from France, Iran, and Iraq. The narrative is set in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and addresses themes including suicide and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The film has a runtime of 98 minutes and was distributed by IFC Films and Netflix via video on demand. Production companies involved include Bac Films, Mij Film Co., and Bahman Ghobadi Films. It received a nomination for the Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Critical reception includes a review score of 88%, a rating of 7.7 out of 10, and a score of 85 out of 100.
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Film · TMDB
7.8Turtles 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.
Cast
- Soran Ebrahim as Mr. Satellite (Soran)
- Avaz Latif as Agrin
- Saddam Hossein Feysal as Pashow
- Hiresh Feysal Rahman as Hengov
- Abdol Rahman Karim as Riga
- Ajil Zibari as Shirkooh
Themes
- suicide
- rape
- muslim
- refugee
- village
- landmine
- tank
- bicycle
- iraq
- dead child
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Iraq
- Original language
- Kurdish
- Main subject
- 2003 invasion of Iraq
- Director
- Bahman Ghobadi
- Screenwriter
- Bahman Ghobadi
- Composer
- Hossein Alizadeh
- Producer
- Bahman Ghobadi
- Narrative location
- Kurdistan Region of Iraq
- Duration
- 98
- FilmAffinity ID
- 967835
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2005-05-05
- title
- کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 85/100
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