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Turtles Can Fly

Turtles Can Fly

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Release Date

1/7/2005

Runtime

98 mins

Genres

Drama

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

Kurdish

Budget

-

Revenue

$1,075,462

Homepage

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A harrowing portrait of children caught in the machinery of war, finding moments of play and hope amid the rubble and landmines. The film watches their unsparing reality with unflinching tenderness.

Mood

BleakDread-soakedMournfulDefiant

Themes

SurvivalWarGrief

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

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Graphic violenceChild endangermentSuicide and self-harmSexual violence
Soran Ebrahim

Soran Ebrahim

Mr. Satellite (Soran)

Avaz Latif

Agrin

Saddam Hossein Feysal

Pashow

Hiresh Feysal Rahman

Hengov

Abdol Rahman Karim

Riga

Ajil Zibari

Shirkooh

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