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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.[1] Whettnall received a Magritte Award for Best Actress at the 7th Magritte Awards for her role in the film.[2] It was selected as the Algerian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3]

Road to Istanbul
Film poster
Directed by	Rachid Bouchareb
Written by	Rachid Bouchareb
Starring	Astrid Whettnall
Release dates	12 February 2016 (2016-02-12) (Berlin) 22 April 2016 (2016-04-22) (France)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Algeria France
Language	French

Plot

Elisabeth sets off to find her daughter, who has joined the Islamic State in Syria.

Cast

• Astrid Whettnall as Elisabeth
• Pauline Burlet as Elodie
• Patricia Ide as Julie
• Abel Jafri as Turkish policeman

Production

The film was shot in Belgium, Istanbul and Algeria.[4]

See also

• List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Algerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Road to Istanbul at IMDb

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