Movie
Turtles Can Fly
20041h 38m7.8 / 10
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.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
Turtles Can Fly was released October 19, 2004. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
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.
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Cast
Soran EbrahimMr. Satellite (Soran)Avaz LatifAgrin
Saddam Hossein FeysalPashow
Hiresh Feysal RahmanHengov
Abdol Rahman KarimRiga
Ajil ZibariShirkooh
Credits
- Directed by
- Bahman Ghobadi
- Written by
- Bahman Ghobadi
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Kurdish
- Original title
- کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن
- Box office
- $1.1M
Production
Bac FilmsFrance- Mij Film Co.Iran
- Bahman Ghobadi FilmsIran
Themes
bicyclechildren in wartimedead childiraqkurdistanlandminemuslimrape