TURTLES CAN FLY
(IRAN-2004)
DIRECTED BY
BAHMAN GHOBADI
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The film is set in a Kurdish
refugee camp on the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of the U S Invasion of Iraq. Thirteen-year-old Satellite (Soran Ebrahim) is
known for his installation of dishes andantennae
for local villages who are looking for news of Saddam Hussain and for his limited knowledge of English.
He is the dynamic, but manipulative leader of the children,
organizing the dangerous but necessary sweeping and clearing of the minefields.
The industrious Satellite arranges trade-ins for unexploded mines.
He falls for an orphan named Agrin (Avaz Latif), a sad-faced girl
traveling with her disabled, but smart brother Hengov, who appears to
have the gift of clairvoyance
making people think he can predict the future. The siblings care for
a blind
toddler named Riga, who is the son of Agrin after being gang
raped
by soldiers in their previous village.
