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Turtles Can Fly
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Turtles Can Fly

2006-12-28 · 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.

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Directors
Bahman Ghobadi
Production companies
Bac Films, Mij Film, Bahman Ghobadi Films
Countries
Iran, France, Iraq
Status
Released
Revenue
USD 1,075,462

Top Cast

Soran EbrahimSoran EbrahimMr. Satellite (Soran)
Avaz LatifAgrin
Saddam Hossein FeysalPashow
Hiresh Feysal RahmanHengov
Abdol Rahman KarimAbdol Rahman KarimRiga
Ajil ZibariShirkooh

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