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Turtles Can Fly

2005·1h 38m·PG-13
DramaWar
IMDb Rating
★ 8.0/10
22,679 votes
Metascore
85
Metacritic

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.

Turtles Can Fly is a 2005 drama war movie directed by Bahman Ghobadi, starring Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Hiresh Feysal Rahman. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.0/10 from 22,679 votes and runs 1h 38m.

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Director
Bahman Ghobadi
Stars
Soran Ebrahim
Avaz Latif
Hiresh Feysal Rahman
Abdol Rahman Karim
Creators
Bahman Ghobadi
Details
2005-02-23
98 min
Movie
PG-13
★ Iran, France, Iraq
★ Kurdish, Arabic, English
Keywords
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