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Turtles Can Fly

Bahman Ghobadi
Iran - Iraq      95 m.
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In a village in Iraqi Kurdistan, on the border between Iran and Turkey, the villagers desperately search for a satellite dish in order to obtain news of the impending American attack on Iraq. Golden Shell for Best Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2004.

Director
Bahman Ghobadi
Screenplay
Bahman Ghobadi
Production
Mij Films Co.
Babak Amini, Hamid Karim Batin Ghobadi, Hamid Ghavami, Bahman Ghobadi
Photography
Shahriar Assadi
Edition
Mostafa Kherghehpoosh, Hayedeh Safiyari
Music
Hossein Alizadeh
Cast
Avaz Latif, Soran Ebrahim, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Abdol Rahman Karim
Format
35 mm
Running Time
95 m.
Country
Iran - Iraq
Year
2004
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