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Quick Info

Rating

7.7/10

Release2005

Runtime1h 38m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

Revenue$1,075,462

Production

Bac Films

Mij Film Co.

Bahman Ghobadi Films

Movie

Turtles Can Fly

2005

1h 38m

7.7

Drama

Synopsis

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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