Nine-year-old Ainhoa, who suffers from chronic asthma, swam alone to a small island that lies like a petrified giant turtle in the bay of San Sebastián. Ainhoa imagines she is an alien and begins to explore the island. She cannot tolerate the Earth's atmosphere and finds it difficult to breathe...
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Maru Solores Director · Ruth Rehmet Writer Frank Amann Cinematographer
First release January 16, 2003 · Produced in Germany · Production Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
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Basque Films
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Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
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Germany
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Original title
Insel der Schildkröte
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Basque
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Basque
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Germany · January 16, 2003
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