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Turtles Can Fly
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Title: Turtles Can Fly

Release Date: 7 Jan 2005

Runtime: 1h 38m

Genre: Drama

Director: Bac Films, Mij Film Co.

Production Companies: Bac Films, Mij Film Co.

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.7 (218 votes)

Cast

  • Mr. Satellite (Soran): Soran Ebrahim
  • Agrin: Avaz Latif
  • Pashow: Saddam Hossein Feysal
  • Hengov: Hiresh Feysal Rahman
  • Riga: Abdol Rahman Karim
  • Shirkooh: Ajil Zibari
  • Ali Reza: Emre Tetikel
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