Journey to the Sun

1999/02/16 • Released • Dutch, Kurdish, Turkish

Drama

6.0

1h 44m

Overview

Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village Tire, takes a job searching for water leaks below the surface of the streets of Istanbul. Due to a strange set of events, he is mistaken for a Kurd, imprisoned, and brutally beaten. Upon his release a week later, he becomes an outcast marked as a Kurd, losing his apartment, his job, and eventually his girl friend, Arzu. When a Kurdish friend, Berzan is killed in a street protest triggered by a hunger strike, Mehmet takes a trek to return the body to Berzan's home village near the Iraqi border, and learns why so many Kurds are refugees.

Director : Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Casts

Nazmi Kırık

Berzan

Newroz Baz

Mehmet

Mizgin Kapazan

Arzu

Ara Güler

Süleyman Bey

Lucia Marano

Sexy girl

Journey to the Sun

Overview

Casts

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