Escape from Raqqa

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Escape from Raqqa

2019

1h 43m

6.0(54 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Overview

Paris, spring 2015. Faustine travels to Syria with her little son to join ISIS; but, once in Raqqa, she soon realizes the hell she is gotten herself into. Her husband Sylvain quickly understands that the French government is powerless to help him, so he plans with some friends a high-risk extraction operation to get his family back.

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60 members

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Swann Arlaud

Sylvain

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Finnegan Oldfield

Gabriel

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Jisca Kalvanda

Faustine

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Kassem Al Khoja

Adnan

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Charles Berling

Patrice

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Ethan Palisson

Noah

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Sophie Cattani

Camille

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Andrino Mpioso

Issa

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Driss Ramdi

Mourad

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Mathieu Lourdel

Vincent

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Aurélia Petit

Marianne

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Dalia Naous

Ruqia

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Ala'a Jabal

Imad

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Ramadan Ali

Abu Firas

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Sharhabel Khimayes

Abu Hamza

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Mounir Margoum

The Emir

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Soulafa Helou

The Neighbor

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Rami Farah

Rami

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Muhannad Masoud

Abu Jebel

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Omran Hadeha

Sami

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Xavier Legrand

Matray

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Anissa Allali

Nadia

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Karam al-Kafri

Basset

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Rebecca Marder

Shy Girl

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Sophie Pincemaille

DGSI Group Chief

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Céline Carrère

Quai d'Orsay Official

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Rémi Pedevilla

Charles-de-Gaulle Airport Policeman

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Juliette Chatry-Krief

Airport Attendant

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Soraya Yatouji

Nurse

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Pierre Pescheloche

Intern

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Fabrice Colson

Patient

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Amady Cissé

DGSI Lieutenant

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Mohamed Aman Aldayeh

Activist #1

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Omar Alkatib

Activist #2

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Sélène Assaf

Activist #3

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Canaan Touleimat

Activist #4

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Coralie Amédéo

Custom Agent #1

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Kaddour Mansouri

Custom Agent #2

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Constance Baud Robins

Benevolent Middle-aged Woman

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Léonore Philibert

Extroverted Girl

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Hugo Rebillard

Gabriel's Partner

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Atour Alramdoum

Neighbor's Daughter

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Johanna Colboc

Policewoman

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Karim Hamzaoui

Boat Driver

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Abd Alfatah

Young Combatant #1

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Yassin Qurabi

Young Combatant #2

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Hodaji

Tarek - ISIS Police

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Sana Saleh

Oum Adame

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Arash Khodaiari

Afghan

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Emma Renando

Belgian Woman

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Baker Ibrahem

Bearded Mujahid

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Deqa

Somali Woman

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Shorouq Abuarraf

Oum Aïcha

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Mahmoud Kiwi

Gas Station Attendant

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Mohammed Ali

Taxi Driver #1

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Nader Najem

Taxi Driver #2

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Laith Manaseer

Turkish Policeman

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Nuha Samara

ISIS Policewoman

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Haidar Qaraeen

Syrian Old Man

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Faten Jarrar

Woman at Frontier

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