Turtles Can Fly Page #2

Synopsis: On the Kurdish refugee camp on the Iraqi-Turkish border, the boy Satellite is the leader of the kids. He commands them to clear and collect American undetonated minefields in the fields to sell them in the street market and he installs antennae for the villagers. He goes with the local leader to buy a parabolic antenna to learn the news about the eminent American invasion but nobody speaks English and Satellite that knows a couple of words is assigned to translate the Fox News. When the orphans Agrin and her armless brother Hengov and the blind toddler Riga come from Halabcheh to the camp, Satellite falls in an unrequited love for Egrin. But the girl is traumatized by a cruel raid in her home, when her parents were murdered and she was raped. She wants to leave Riga behind and travel with her brother Hengov to another place, but he does not agree with her intention.
Genre: Drama, War
Director(s): Bahman Ghobadi
Production: IFC Films
  23 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Metacritic:
85
Rotten Tomatoes:
88%
PG-13
Year:
2004
98 min
$213,047
Website
205 Views


This place is full of mines.

Did you call me a liar?

How dare you talk like that?

Come down here if you're a man!

Nobody has ever called me a liar.

Look at that filth!

The armless boy calls me a liar.

Do you understand?

I'm talking to you.

You are the liar.

Can't you hear me? Are you deaf?

If you call me a liar again,

I'll give you a good beating!

I know you well.

I won't say anything...

because of your sister.

Do you get it?

Don't go, Hengov!

- Are you talking to me?

- I know you well.

- I said are you talking to me?

- Yes, to you!

Satellite!

What happened, Satellite?

Blood! Blood!

Move out of the way!

Did you just hit me?

Come back!

Look at him! He doesn't dare stop.

I'll forgive you for your sister.

It better be your last time.

Stop if you dare!

I'll cut off both your legs too.

Bring it! Bring it!

"Come on! Come on!"

This way!

Esmaeel, I've brought you

my antenna.

You won't find another one like this

anywhere else in the world.

Don't lie so much!

Didn't we buy it together in Arbil?

Bring it!

Be careful with it!

Be careful! Watch your hands!

Go down by the count of 3!

"One, two, three!"

Shirkooh, you go down too!

Satellite!

What does "Come on" mean?

"Come on!" means go down.

Hurry up!

- Hello!

- Hello!

We've come to see war news.

What do the foreign channels say?

There's no news, nothing.

Go back to your homes!

There's no need for all of you

to come here.

Go back to your tents!

We'll announce the news

on the mosque speaker.

- Are you sure?

- Yes, of course!

Go back to your tents!

We'll give you the news

on the speaker.

You don't have to worry

while I'm here.

Hello! Who are they?

They are the elders of the village

and the governor is here.

They want to see the news.

Don't show the prohibited channels!

Okay! Who told you to touch it?

Go to the mosque!

- What for?

- Bring the mosque microphone.

- What if the governor doesn't accept?

- The governor is here himself.

Hurry up!

Okay! I have to go now.

Where to?

Tell us what it's saying!

We don't understand.

My job was to install the dish,

which I did.

I have to go now. I did my job.

I'm responsible

for the village children.

I have to make

income for them.

I'll give you money.

I'll give you accommodation.

- Accommodation? You won't.

- I will.

No, you won't.

Last time you promised

but you didn't.

I will. Come and sit down!

We will help you.

I told you not to show

the prohibited channels. Change it!

Don't hit me! I'm looking for

a news channel.

Change it! Change it!

It's prohibited!

Here is Mr. Bush, Esmaeel!

The world is in his hands!

I know! I know!

The world is in his hands.

What is this Bush saying?

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Bahman Ghobadi

Bahman Ghobadi (Persian: بهمن قبادی‎; Kurdish: به‌همه‌ن قوبادی / Behmen Qubadî) is an Iranian Kurdish film director, producer and writer. He was born on February 1, 1969 in Baneh, Kurdistan province. Ghobadi belongs to the "new wave" of Iranian cinema. more…

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