Turtles Can Fly
Summary:
Turtles Can Fly, written and directed by Bahman Ghobadi (Marooned in Iraq, A Time for Drunken Horses) takes place in the days leading up to America's second war against Iraq, in a small village and refugee camp on the border of Iraq and Turkey. Soran Ebrahim stars as Satellite, a boy nicknamed for his obsession with technology. Satellite is also obsessed with the Uni... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Soran Ebrahim
Hirsh Feyssal
Avaz Latif
Saddam Hossein Feysal
Abdol Rahman Karim
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Review:
The true face of "perpetual warfare" is exposed in Bahman Ghobadi's astonishing and heart-wrenching Turtles Can Fly. Set precipitously on the border of Iraq, Turkey, and Kurdistan, with the second Gulf War looming, Ghobadi's film succeeds almost immediately in naturalizing deprivation and destruction. It throws us right into a world of mai... Continue >>
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