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Road Blocks

2001-02-13 · 101 min · ★ 7.0

Drama

Ali, a Kurdish refugee, travels to Athens in search of his missing brother. He discovers that his brother paid to be smuggled into Italy but then disappeared, so Ali tries to find his brother and get his way into Italy.

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Directors
Stavros Ioannou
Production companies
Filmode, Greek Film Centre
Countries
Greece
Status
Released

Top Cast

Hussein AbdullahAyat
Ahmet GuliAhmet
Falaha HassanZirek
Zirek MizuriAli
Vinuar XiaHusein
Abbas EssiarAbbas
Ali Giuli
Nikos Halkias
Basif IsmaelTurkish Mafioso
Marios PontikasMarios Pontikas
Giannis Tigas
Gerasimos Vakros
Sitar BizarMafioso

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