---
title: 'Turtles Can Fly (2004)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bahman Ghobadi'
released: '2004-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 98
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Iran'
  - 'Iraq'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/turtles-can-fly-2004'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424227/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Turtles Can Fly (2004)

2004 · 98 min · Drama, War · Iran, Iraq, France

Original title: کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن

## Synopsis

Turtles Can Fly is a 2004 Iranian-Kurdish war drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Bahman Ghobadi. The film stars Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Faysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdolrahman Karim, Ajil Zibari. The plot revolves around three refugee children near the Iraqi-Turkish border, waiting for the Americans to invade Iraq and overthrow Saddam Hussein.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bahman Ghobadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bahman-ghobadi)
- **Screenplay:** [Bahman Ghobadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bahman-ghobadi)
- **Producer:** [Bahman Ghobadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/bahman-ghobadi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Hossein Alizadeh](https://cinepixo.com/people/hossein-alizadeh)
- **Director of Photography:** [Shahriar Asadi](https://cinepixo.com/people/shahriar-asadi)
- **Editor:** [Hayedeh Safiyari](https://cinepixo.com/people/hayedeh-safiyari), [Mostafa Kherghepoosh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mostafa-kherghepoosh)

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