Turtles Can Fly

Turtles Can Fly
7.7

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Directed by: Bahman Ghobadi

Overview

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.

Review (1)

  • griggs79 (Rated: 9)

    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 li...

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