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Road to Istanbul (2016)

Road to Istanbul poster
Original title
La Route d'Istanbul
Directed by
Rachid Bouchareb
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Belgium
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Belgian woman learns her daughter has left for Syria. She travels to Turkey to find her and bring her home.

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What happens

Road to Istanbul (French: La Route d'Istanbul) is a 2016 French-Algerian drama film directed by Rachid Bouchareb. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival. Whettnall received a Magritte Award for Best Actress at the 7th Magritte Awards for her role in the film. It was selected as the Algerian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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