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Road to Istanbul
La route d'Istanbul
Director
Rachid Bouchareb
Cast
Pauline Burlet, Astrid Whettnall
Producer
Jean Bréhat
Screenwriter
Rachid Bouchareb, Zoé Galeron, Yasmina Khadra, Olivier Lorelle
Distributor
AXIA FILMS
Filmography
Little Senegal (2000), Indigènes (2006), London River (2009)
Elisabeth (Astrid Whettnall) and her 20-year- old daughter Élodie appear to live an idyllic existence in their cottage in the Belgian countryside. Elisabeth is not alarmed at first when Élodie fails to come home one night. It turns out that the young woman has been leading a double life and has departed to join ISIS in Syria, a shockingly incomprehensible turn of events for her mother.
Director Rachid Bouchareb, who gave us the memorable epic HORS-LA-LOI (CINEMANIA 2010), brings to life the extraordinary story of a desperate mother who sets out on her own, without official help, to cross the Turkish border into Syria and bring her radicalized daughter home. Don’t miss this highly emotional and topical film.
Director Rachid Bouchareb, who gave us the memorable epic HORS-LA-LOI (CINEMANIA 2010), brings to life the extraordinary story of a desperate mother who sets out on her own, without official help, to cross the Turkish border into Syria and bring her radicalized daughter home. Don’t miss this highly emotional and topical film.
Special guest
ASTRID WHETTNALL
Made possible by
2016 BERLINALE | PANORAMA
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