Turtles Can Fly
2004 Kurdish film by Bahman Ghobadi
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Summary
Turtles Can Fly is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,639 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Bahman Ghobadi[3]
- Screenwriter: Bahman Ghobadi[4]
- Composer: Hossein Alizadeh[5]
- Genre: war film[6], drama film[7]
- Cast member: Q141728274[8]
- Producer: Bahman Ghobadi[9]
- Director of photography: Shahriar Asadi[10]
- Original language of film or TV show: Kurdish[11]
- Distribution format: video on demand[12]
- Review score: 88%[13], 7.7/10[14], 85/100[15]
- Color: color[16]
- Country of origin: France[17], Iran[18], Iraq[19]
- Publication date: January 1, 2004[20], May 5, 2005[21]
- Distributed by: IFC Films[22], Netflix[23]
- Narrative location: Kurdistan Region of Iraq[24]
- Main subject: suicide[25], 2003 invasion of Iraq[26]
- Film editor: Hayedeh Safiyari[27], Mostafa Kherghepoosh[28]
- Nominated for: Satellite Award for Best Foreign Language Film[29], International Submission to the Academy Awards[30]
- Title: لاکپشتها هم پرواز میکنند[31], کیسەڵەکانیش دەفڕن[32]
- FSK film rating: FSK 12[33]
- Duration: 98 minutes[34]
- Kijkwijzer rating: 12[35]
- CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[36]
- Medierådet rating: For ages 11 and up[37]
Why It Matters
Turtles Can Fly has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]