Road Blocks (2001)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | el |
| Popularity | 0.743 |
Directed By
Stavros Ioannou
Crew
Stavros Ioannou
Stavros Ioannou
Afroditi Pavlaki
Vangelis Katsoulis
Tania Nikoludi
Diamandis Papadopoulos
Vangelis Hristoulakis
Thanos Begnis
Nikos Haralabidis
Christos Manousakis
TOP CAST
Hussein Abdullah
Ayat
Ahmet Guli
Ahmet
Falaha Hassan
Zirek
Zirek Mizuri
Ali
Vinuar Xia
Husein
Abbas Essiar
Abbas
Basif Ismael
Turkish Mafioso
Sitar Bizar
Mafioso
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