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Road to Istanbul(2016)
Status: Released
Date: 2016-02-15
63%
17 Votes
Time: 1h 40m
Overview:
Elisabeth lives a quiet live in the Belgian countryside with her young adult daughter Elodie. After the divorce from her husband Elisabeth took care of her daughter on her own. When Elodie disappears over night and Elisabeth discovers that she travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State, she begins her journey to find her daughter.
Languages: Arabic, French, Turkish.
Countries:
Algeria,
Belgium,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Tassili Films
3B Productions
Movie: Road to Istanbul
Top 10 Billed Cast
Astrid Whettnall
Elisabeth
Pauline Burlet
Elodie
Bilal Aya
Kader Slimani
Fawzi B. Saichi
Rabatteur
Karim Hamzaoui
Border policeman
Abel Jafri
Turkish Policeman
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Overview
Elisabeth lives a quiet live in the Belgian countryside with her young adult daughter Elodie. After the divorce from her husband Elisabeth took care of her daughter on her own. When Elodie disappears over night and Elisabeth discovers that she travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State, she begins her journey to find her daughter.
Release Date
2016-02-15
Average
6.3
Rating:
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