Turtles Can Fly

2004 Kurdish film by Bahman Ghobadi
Movie film Q1278929
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Turtles Can Fly

Summary

Turtles Can Fly is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (411 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Turtles Can Fly's instance of is recorded as film[3].
  • Turtles Can Fly's director is recorded as Bahman Ghobadi[4].
  • Turtles Can Fly's screenwriter is recorded as Bahman Ghobadi[5].
  • Turtles Can Fly's composer is recorded as Hossein Alizadeh[6].
  • Turtles Can Fly's genre is recorded as war film[7].
  • Turtles Can Fly's genre is recorded as drama film[8].
  • Turtles Can Fly's producer is recorded as Bahman Ghobadi[9].
  • Turtles Can Fly's director of photography is recorded as Shahriar Asadi[10].
  • Turtles Can Fly's IMDb ID is recorded as tt0424227[11].
  • Turtles Can Fly's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Kurdish[12].
  • Turtles Can Fly's distribution format is recorded as video on demand[13].
  • Turtles Can Fly's review score is recorded as 88%[14].
  • Turtles Can Fly's review score is recorded as 7.7/10[15].
  • Turtles Can Fly's review score is recorded as 85/100[16].
  • Turtles Can Fly's color is recorded as color[17].
  • Turtles Can Fly's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 967835[18].
  • Turtles Can Fly's country of origin is recorded as France[19].
  • Turtles Can Fly's country of origin is recorded as Iran[20].
  • Turtles Can Fly's country of origin is recorded as Iraq[21].
  • Turtles Can Fly's publication date is recorded as +2004-01-01T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Turtles Can Fly's publication date is recorded as +2005-05-05T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Turtles Can Fly's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/054gjs[24].
  • Turtles Can Fly's distributed by is recorded as IFC Films[25].
  • Turtles Can Fly's distributed by is recorded as Netflix[26].
  • Turtles Can Fly's BBC programme ID is recorded as b0074s5q[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Turtles Can Fly's producer is recorded as Bahman Ghobadi[9]. Its director is recorded as Bahman Ghobadi[4]. Its screenwriter is recorded as Bahman Ghobadi[5].

Publication

Publication dates include +2004-01-01T00:00:00Z[22] and +2005-05-05T00:00:00Z[23]. Turtles Can Fly's original language of film or TV show is recorded as Kurdish[12]. Genres include war film[7] and drama film[8].

Subject and Themes

Main subjects include suicide[28] and 2003 invasion of Iraq[29].

Reception

Reviews include 88%[14], 7.7/10[15], and 85/100[16].

Why It Matters

Turtles Can Fly ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (411 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . siamzone.com. Retrieved . siamzone.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . filmaffinity.com. Retrieved . filmaffinity.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . The Movie Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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