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Turtles Can Fly
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User Score240 ratings
Drama
Synopsis
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.
Director
Bahman GhobadiFrom TMDB credits
Studio
Bac Films3 production companies
Release
September 10, 2004Released
Box Office
$1M
Top Cast
6 of 6
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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Reviews
From TMDB usersgriggs79
Jun 23, 2025
_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.
