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Turtles Can Fly

20041h 38mBahman Ghobadi
IMDb 8.0 · Rotten Tomatoes 87% · Metacritic 85

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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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SuicideRapeMuslimRefugeeVillageLandmineTankBicycleIraqDead Child

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What is Turtles Can Fly (2004) about?

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.

Who stars in Turtles Can Fly?

Turtles Can Fly stars Soran Ebrahim (Mr. Satellite (Soran)), Avaz Latif (Agrin), Saddam Hossein Feysal (Pashow), Hiresh Feysal Rahman (Hengov), Abdol Rahman Karim (Riga). The film was directed by Bahman Ghobadi.

How long is Turtles Can Fly?

Turtles Can Fly has a runtime of 1 min and premiered in 2004.

Is Turtles Can Fly worth watching?

Turtles Can Fly holds an IMDb rating of 8.0/10. On Rotten Tomatoes it scores 87. Fans of Drama are most likely to enjoy it — TasteRay can tell you how well it matches your personal taste.

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