Turtle Can Fly

This fim titled Turtle Can Fly. This Iranian movie included to 'my Best' folder and impressed me some much with the unusuality. I do recommend this movie to watch, I guarantee you won't regret spending your time scanning it's every part. I loves it's every part. Last holiday, at Video Ezy I rent the CD with not any single guess of wether exist an incredible thing inside the unatractive cover. Eventhough the main story is not clear and ended with unclear resolution too, I wasn't dissapointed at all. You may hard to find out what this film trying to say, or ask "Is really there a plot in this movie?". But in my point of view, the basic concept of Turtle can Fly is very simple, that is to let the world know the daily life of childrens in war or conflict area. Nevertheles, you're totally wrong to think that the movie only provides sorrow, I was startled to saw a lot of cheerfullnes on their orphane faces. Their parent's died at war, some of the kids even lose their organ. But children is children, they need to laugh, or perhaps they already accustome with pain until they got numb to feel it again. All the main character are VERY CUTE kids with the age ranging from about 1 until 13 years old. What surprising me was that almost all the player wasn't artists, instead they're really revugees of Iraq – America war victims. One of them got only one leg (Pashoow), the other one even really loose both of his arms (Hengove), and there're also a blind baby (Riga). With their inadequacy they still could laugh happily!. I couldn't believe at first that they're only amateurs due to their enchanting acting ability and performance!! I swear, they all must get award on their piece of work.

Well, I haven't mention the best part of it yet. The one who made the movie so valuable is the outstanding character of Satellite (Soran Ebrahim). He is so Amazing, I'm his fan now. Satellite showed me the most honest leader I ever saw. He's only 13 years old but he aware with conflict happened in his surrounding and able to manage the whole Kanibo revugees village with his idea. Yes, he is a spiritfull children who seems played the most important role in the village. That's because his ability in installing the satellite; translate the english war news for the Kanibo's inhabitant; organized about 30 childrens to work by collecting dangerous boobytraps around the valley then sold them to fulfill daily needs and weapons; then he also order the childrens to made a place to saved waeapons and to spy on enemies when the war come. Everything under his command. Satellite's a very sharp and firm leader, but he really loves his followers with honest and the followers also love him. Especially Pashoow and Shirkoov. Shirkoov also great in acting, he often cry for Satellite.

Actually the story begin when Satellite met Agrin and fell in love with her at first sight. Agrin was the sister of fortune teller boy Hengove. I think she rather psycho after what happened to her at the previous war. A soldier killed her parent then raped her. She got a child from the incident, a blind baby named Riga. She loves but hates Riga, because Riga was her children from the man who killed her parent. That's weird posisition made me called her a psycho. Several times she tried to killed that cute baby, by hitting him or bind his feet to a tree alone. But satellite and his follower always saved him from death. It's breathtaking when Satellite trying to saved Riga out from the boobytraps area, but the rescue was over when Satellite stepped over a boobytraps!! It's explode heavily but fortunatelly the wound not too serious as what happened to Pashoow until he had to amputated his leg. Satelite never knows what Agrin had done until that time. The story tragically ended when Agrin finally could kiiled riga by bind Riga's feet to big stone then throw the stone into the deep lake.! What a horrible girl she is! Poor Riga was drowning 'till death. The next, Agrin decide to suicided. The sad part of the movie always in Agrin side. The opposite, Satellite side always shows spirit and cheerfullness.

For me, watching this movie is similiar to watching a potography exhibition. The geology scenery was awesome with many of valleys and high cliff, the dry condition showed that the region mostly controled by wind blow. The angle of shooting very appropriate to leave dramatic impression on the picture. All looks dramatic. How couldn't? I believe that childrens of America, Japan or Indonesia or other safe country never live under the fear of some rudals could get down into their roof anytime. They also never dealing with collecting boobytrap to get money , learning to use mask to prepare for chemical attack, loosing an organ because of bomb attack, or learing how to use weapon. Childrens learn how to use weapon....My God.. This movie will open our eyes of what really happen in other side of our hemisphere.