Turtles Can Fly

Turtles Can Fly

Drama

77%

Turtles Can Fly

Turtles Can Fly

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.

Director:

Bahman Ghobadi

Status:

Released

Language:

Kurdish

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$1,075,462.00

Key words:

suicide
rape
muslim
refugee
village
landmine
tank
bicycle
iraq
dead child
soldier
kurdistan
children in wartime

Cast

Soran Ebrahim

Soran Ebrahim

~ as ~

Mr. Satellite (Soran)

Avaz Latif

~ as ~

Agrin

Saddam Hossein Feysal

~ as ~

Pashow

Hiresh Feysal Rahman

~ as ~

Hengov

Abdol Rahman Karim

~ as ~

Riga

Ajil Zibari

~ as ~

Shirkooh

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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.