Road Blocks

Road Blocks

We're used to living like dogs!

2001•1h 41m

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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Production

Filmode, Greek Film Centre

Language

EL

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Hussein Abdullah

Ayat

Ahmet Guli

Ahmet

Falaha Hassan

Zirek

Zirek Mizuri

Ali

Vinuar Xia

Husein

Abbas Essiar

Abbas

Ali Giuli

Nikos Halkias

Basif Ismael

Turkish Mafioso

Marios Pontikas

Marios Pontikas

Giannis Tigas

Gerasimos Vakros

Sitar Bizar

Mafioso

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