# Turtles Can Fly (2006)

> In a Kurdish refugee camp shadowed by invasion, a resourceful boy and traumatized orphans struggle to survive a childhood shaped by mines, displacement, and war.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4041

## Facts

- Runtime: 98 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Bahman Ghobadi
- Cast: Soran Ebrahim, Avaz Latif, Saddam Hossein Feysal, Hiresh Feysal Rahman, Abdol Rahman Karim, Ajil Zibari
- TMDB rating: 7.8/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0424227/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: haunting, lyrical, bleak, serious film night, humanitarian cinema viewing

## Synopsis

In a war-torn landscape, children navigate survival amidst chaos and loss.

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