Ali & the Ball

Top 4 Billed Cast

Camilla Ah Kin
Camilla Ah Kin

Mother

Ali Soummaka
Ali Soummaka

Ali

Luci Hughes
Luci Hughes

Girl Through Fence

Rayan El-Saghir
Rayan El-Saghir

Fatima

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    8-year-old Ali lives in a refugee detention centre with his mother and little sister Fatima. When his mother's precious knitting needles are confiscated, Ali is forced to take action. Desperate to save his family, he hatches a plan using a ball and the help of a girl on the other side of the razor-wire fence.

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    2008-06-13

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    6

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    3.0 starts
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    A story about life behind razor wire, told through the eyes of a child

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