Lakposhtha Ham Parvaz Mikonand

original title:
Lakposhtha Ham Parvaz Mikonand
other titles:
Turtles can fly, (Schildkröten können fliegen)
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98 min. , color
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CND: 10 September 2004, Toronto Film Festival
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plot synopsis:
In a Kurdish refugee camp in the North of Iraq children search for landmines to sell them in town. During this dangerous work some of them already lost their arms or legs. The leader of the children is Satellit, who tries to organize everything. Moreover he is the o´ne bringing a TV into the camp so the refugees can follow the events of the US war against Iraq.
Satellit falls in love with Agrin, a girl who arrives with her little, blind son Digah and her brother Hengov. Agrin suffers from a shock after being abused by Iraqui soldiers and now tries to hurt Digah, as the child always reminds her of her suffering. Satellit tries to buid up a contact to the girl and even gets into danger himself, when he once tries to save Digah.
literature:
Awat Asadi. Der Kurdistan-Irak-Konflikt: Der Weg zur Autonomie seit dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Berlin: Schiler, 2007.
remarks:
Peace Film Award at the Berlin International Film Festival 2005
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