Turtles Can Fly (Kûsî Jî Dikarin Bifirin)

Released Year: 2004
Directed by Bahman Ghobadi

Casted by:
Soran Ebrahim as Satellite
Avaz Latif as Agrin
Hiresh Feysal Rahman as Hengov
Story:

The film is set in a Kurdish refugee camp on the Iraqi-Turkish border on the eve of the US invasion of Iraq. Thirteen-year-old Satellite is known for his installation of dishes and antennae for local villages who are looking for news of Saddam Hussein 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, a sad-faced girl traveling with her disabled, but smart brother Hengov, who appears to have the gift of clairvoyance. The siblings care for a blind toddler, who happens to be the son of young Agrin, for it is revealed that Agrin was raped several years ago.

L² Scored: 4.5/10

L² Comment:

A multiple award winner movie, and my first iran/iraq movie i ever watch. Kinda new and fresh for me, to know and to see how's the children live in there after the fall of Saddam Hussein. But how true is it? I'm not sure and not really wanna judge about.

I thanks to God for letting me born in a peaceful country (hopefully Malaysia will always be peaceful). Born & live in a country with war is really terrible, i just can't imagine how's the life at there... Gan En Gan En~