Movie: Road to Istanbul

Top 10 Billed Cast

Astrid Whettnall
Astrid Whettnall

Elisabeth

Pauline Burlet
Pauline Burlet

Elodie

Bilal Aya
Bilal Aya

Kader Slimani

Patricia Ide
Patricia Ide

Julie

Fawzi B. Saichi
Fawzi B. Saichi

Rabatteur

Karim Hamzaoui
Karim Hamzaoui

Border policeman

Abel Jafri
Abel Jafri

Turkish Policeman

Bernard Boudru
Bernard Boudru

L'entraîneur

Louisa Nehar
Louisa Nehar

Tunisienne

Mourad Khen
Mourad Khen

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    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:

    3.1 starts
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