Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand (2004)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.9/10   

Director:

Bahman Ghobadi

Guionista:

Bahman Ghobadi (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

17 febrero 2005 (Netherlands)

Género:

Drama | Guerra

Plot:

Near the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of an American invasion, refugee children like 13-year-old Kak (Ebrahim), gauge and await their fate.

Plot Keywords:

Border | Kurdistan | Refugee | Landmine | Pre War

Premios:

14 wins & 4 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Moving story and amazing performances of a very young cast you will not lightly forget

Reparto

Soran Ebrahim	...	Satellite
Avaz Latif	...	Agrin
Saddam Hossein Feysal	...	Pashow
Hiresh Feysal Rahman	...	Hengov
Abdol Rahman Karim	...	Riga
Ajil Zibari	...	Shirkooh

Dirigida por
Bahman Ghobadi

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Bahman Ghobadi		writer

Producida por
Babak Amini	....	producer
Hamid Karim Batin Ghobadi	....	producer
Hamid Ghavami	....	producer
Abbas Ghazali	....	executive producer
Bahman Ghobadi	....	producer

Música original por
Hossein Alizadeh

Fotografía por
Shahriar Assadi

Montaje por
Mostafa Kherghehpoosh
Haydeh Safi-Yari

Diseño de producción por
Bahman Ghobadi

Dirección de producción
Sheyk Mohammad	....	production manager
Sadegh Sourchi	....	production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Jalal Saed Panah	....	assistant director
Shah Hosseinie Shahram	....	assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Bahman Ardalan	....	sound

Gracias
Amin Mahdavi	....	special thanks

Compañías Productores

• Mij Film Co.
• Bac Films

Distribuidores

• A-Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Alta Films (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Bac Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2005) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Four Films (2006) (Chile) (all media)
• Frenetic Films (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• ICA (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Istituto Luce (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Mitosfilm (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Office Sanmarusan Inc. (2005) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Palace Films (2005) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Primer Plano Film Group (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Seville Pictures (2005) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)

También conocida como:

Les tortues volent aussi (France) (DVD title)
Turtles Can Fly (International: English title)
Las Tortugas también vuelan (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and mature thematic material, all involving children.

Duración:

98 min | 95 min | Argentina:97 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Turkey:92 min (TV version)

País:

Iran | France | Iraq

Idioma:

Kurdish

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby

Clasificación:

Taiwan:R-12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Singapore:PG | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Brazil:14

Compañía:

Mij Film Co.

Trivialidades:

Red Fish, which appear commonly throughout the film, are one of the seven symbols of Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, and symbolize life within life. Ironically, Nowruz is on March 20, the day the United States staged the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, during which the film takes place.

Conexiones de Película:

References Titanic (1997)

Moving story and amazing performances of a very young cast you will not lightly forget

Watching this movie is an incredibly absorbing (and even physical) experience. It is amazing how the young cast (non-professionals, some of them actually lived in refugee camps along the Iraq-Turkish border) deliver such powerful performances. This is also a huge compliment to the director Bahman Gohbadi who directed the children and teens. Although the film depicts the nightmare where these children live in, it has also some comic moments, making it even more believable and real life. And what's more: the film never gets sentimental.

For me it is one of the best movies I have seen in the last few years. Not uplifting (I really needed a drink after wards) and a film you will not easily forget. On the other hand the story does provide sparkles of hope and the main characters are true survivors. So don't miss it when it plays in a theater near you! "Turtles Can Fly" won the audience award of the International Filmfestival in Rotterdam 2005 (Netherlands).