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Turtles Can Fly
2006·98 min·★ 7.8
Drama
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
Revenue
$1,075,462
Cast
Soran Ebrahim
Mr. Satellite (Soran)
Avaz Latif
Agrin
Saddam Hossein Feysal
Pashow
Hiresh Feysal Rahman
Hengov
Abdol Rahman Karim
Riga
Ajil Zibari
Shirkooh
Discussion
griggs79★ 9/10
_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 lived trauma, hit hard. The final moments are devastating but never exploitative. Not an easy watch—unforgettable and vital.
