Road to Istanbul

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

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]

Plot

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

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

^ "Road to Istanbul". Berlinale. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
^ "Les Magritte du cinéma 2017: le palmarès". Cinevox (in French). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
^ "Rachid Bouchareb représentera finalement l'Algérie aux Oscars 2018". dia-algerie. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 19 September 2017.
^ Léa Bodin (21 April 2016). "Rencontre avec Astrid Whettnall, héroïne du nouveau film de Rachid Bouchareb". Retrieved 23 April 2016.

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