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Depicting the country before the 2003 western invasion,
this is the first movie to come out of Iraq since the fall
of Saddam. It's an amazing film, shot in an Iraqi refugee
camp on the border with Turkey by Kurdish director Bahman
Ghobadi (A Time for Drunken Horses), in which we witness
a handful of orphaned children and their efforts to survive
the appalling conditions. Dedicated, according to Ghobadi,
"to all the innocent children in the world - the casualties
of the policies of dictators and fascists", Turtles
Can Fly vividly immerses the viewer in the tough life of
this makeshift community struggling with their landmine-ridden
existence. A must-see.
"a film which celebrates the survival
of the human spirit, beautiful and surprisingly uplifting"
BBCi
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