Turtles Can Fly
Turtles Can Fly
Year: 2005
Length: 98 minutes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Rating from : PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
UPC for dvd: 027616928559
ID in Amazon.com: B000A7LR82
I was lucky to meet Yaman the day before, as he brought to my attention that they are screening the movie @ “Makan” in Jabal El-Waibdeh. I first heard about the film in the pilot of JameedKast, and added it to my to-watch list.
As I do all the time, I forgot the time of the screening, and arrived 1 hour before (6:30 instead of 7:30).. after spending an hour walking downtown (which I hadn’t for some time) I went back, sat down, and started the journey. The films takes us to Northern Iraq, to a Kurdish village near Turkish borders, with refugee children who are making a living out of digging land-mines, and it starts in 2003 2 weeks before the US invasion of Iraq.
The film is rich with characters, I’ve rarely seen such moving performances from children. Film had everything, comedy, heart-tearing drama, and even some action. The Only reason that I didn’t shed any tear while watching it is because I was in a public place, and I have wajaha to maintain.
I will have to second Jameed’s 2 thumbs-up to the film, and encourage everyone to watch it.
Ok, I will add it to my watch list and hope I will have time for it :)
Thank you for the review and really you made me smile @ wajaha ;)
LoL at “wajaha to maintain” :D
I think it should be part of your image as a change agent in society to actually allow yourself to unleash those feelings through tears ;p
Like Lina, that is the thing that caught my eye… the wajaha bit! It would be really cool if we Arabs learnt how to express our emotions and have an open culture… ( wallah this is a blogging topic)… but i have to admit, I always feel very ashamed of getting emotional publicly, i start saying ok, here i am getting emotional lets take a break!!!
Unluckily though, Yaman arrived 10 minutes late and found no seating! Isam, got the torrent yet? :)