Canada / Sep 10, 2004 / Toronto International Film Festival
1h 38min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Genres
Drama
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن |
| Original language | KU |
| Spoken languages | English, العربية |
| Production countries | Iran, France, Iraq |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Bac Films, Mij Film Co., Bahman Ghobadi Films |
| Release date | 10 settembre 2004 |
| Executive producer | Abbas Ghazali |
| Production | Babak Amini, Hamid Ghavami, Bahman Ghobadi, Batin Ghobadi |
| Writer | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Editing | Mostafa Kherghehpoosh, Hayedeh Safiyari |
| Cinematography | Shahriar Assadi |
| Assistant directors | Jalal Saed Panah, Shahram Shah Hosseini, Bahman Ghobadi |
| Camera operators | Shahriar Assadi |
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| Additional photography | Shahriar Assadi |
| Production design | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Art direction | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Set decoration | Bahman Ghobadi |
| Visual effects | AmirReza Motamedi |
| Music | Hossein Alizadeh, Bahman Ardalan |
| Sound | Bahman Ardalan, Hossein Alizadeh |
| Revenue | 1.075.462 € |
Release dates
Premiere
South Korea / Oct 13, 2004 / Pusan International Film Festival
United States / Oct 19, 2004 / Chicago International Film Festival
Greece / Nov 22, 2004 / Thessaloniki International Film Festival
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