Turtles Can Fly (2004)

Lakposhtha parvaz mikonand (original title)

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PG-13
1h 38min
Drama, War
17 Feb 2005 (Netherlands)
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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.

Director:

Bahman Ghobadi

Writer:

Bahman Ghobadi

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23 wins & 8 nominations.
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Cast

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	Soran Ebrahim	...	Satellite
	Avaz Latif	...	Agrin
	Saddam Hossein Feysal	...	Pashow
	Hiresh Feysal Rahman	...	Hengov
	Abdol Rahman Karim	...	Riga
	Ajil Zibari	...	Shirkooh
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Marmar Alhilali
	Dijvar Elban	...	Dijwar
	Emre Tetikel	...	Ali Reza

Directed by

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Bahman Ghobadi

Written by

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Bahman Ghobadi

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Produced by

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

Music by

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Hossein Alizadeh

Cinematography by

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Shahriar Assadi

Editing by

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Mostafa Kherghehpoosh
Hayedeh Safiyari

Production Design by

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Bahman Ghobadi

Production Management

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Sheyk Mohammad	...	production manager
Sadegh Sourchi	...	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Shahram Shah Hosseini	...	assistant director (as Shah Hosseinie Shahram)
Jalal Saedpanah	...	assistant director (as Jalal Saed Panah)

Art Department

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Sergio González Kuhn

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creative director / main poster design

Sound Department

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Bahman Ardalan

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sound

Visual Effects by

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AmirReza Motamedi

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visual effects supervisor

Additional Crew

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Shahram Shah Hosseini

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planning

Thanks

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Amin Mahdavi

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special thanks

Production Companies

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Distributors

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A-Film Distribution (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Alta Films (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
Bac Films (2005) (France) (theatrical)
Cinéart (2005) (Belgium) (theatrical)
Frenetic Films (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
IFC Films (2005) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA) (2005) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
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)
Audio Visual Enterprises (2005) (Greece)
Four Films (2006) (Chile)
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)

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Barfutura (local main poster design)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary	On the Kurdish refugee camp on the Iraqi-Turkish border, the boy Satellite is the leader of the kids. He commands them to clear and collect American undetonated minefields in the fields to sell them in the street market and he installs antennae for the villagers. He goes with the local leader to buy a parabolic antenna to learn the news about the eminent American invasion but nobody speaks English and Satellite that knows a couple of words is assigned to translate the Fox News. When the orphans Agrin and her armless brother Hengov and the blind toddler Riga come from Halabcheh to the camp, Satellite falls in an unrequited love for Egrin. But the girl is traumatized by a cruel raid in her home, when her parents were murdered and she was raped. She wants to leave Riga behind and travel with her brother Hengov to another place, but he does not agree with her intention. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	watching-tv children american boy refugee See All (185) »
Genres	Drama War
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:13 Australia:M Brazil:14 Chile:14 Finland:K-15 Germany:12 Mexico:B-15 Portugal:M/16 Singapore:PG South Korea:15 Spain:13 Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) Taiwan:R-12 United Kingdom:15 United States:PG-13

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Also Known As	Les tortues volent aussi (France) Turtles Can Fly (India, English title) Turtles Can Fly (Canada, English title) Turtles Can Fly (United States) Turtles Can Fly (World-wide, English title) See more »
Runtime	98 min
Official Sites	sourehcinema
Country	Iran France Iraq
Language	Kurdish Arabic English
Color	Color
Aspect Ratio	1.85 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Dolby Dolby Digital
Filming Locations	Kurdistan, Iraq See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	All of the child actors in this movie were actual refugees. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Cinema Iran (2005). See more »
Quotes	Agrin: teach them math and science! Satellite: they know math and science. they have to learn how to shoot now! See more »

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