TURTLES CAN FLY

Details

• Release Year: 2004
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: From acclaimed director Bahman Ghobadi ('A Time For Drunken Horses') comes the first film shot in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. 'Heart wrenching as well as spirit-raising' ('The Hollywood Reporter'), 'Turtles Can Fly' mixes humor and tragedy to startling effect, resulting in a 'very timely masterpiece' ('TV Guide') about children struggling to survive in an endless war zone.; ; On The Iraqi-Turkish boarder, enterprising 13-year-old 'Satellite' (Soran Ebrahim) is the de facto leader of a Kurdish village, thanks to his ability to install satellite dishes and translate news of the pending US invasion. Organizing fellow orphans into landmine-collection teams so they can eke out a living, he is all business... until the arrival of a clairvoyant boy and his quiet, beautiful sister.
• Cast: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdol Rahman Karim, Ajil Zibari, Bahman Ghobadi
• Director: Bahman Ghobadi
• Runtime: 1:37
• Company: IFC Films
• Media Format: Movie