Journey to the Sun (1999)

ALL 02/16/1999 (tr) Drama 104 Min
  • Release
    02/16/1999
  • Production
    The Film Company, Medias Res Filmproduktion, Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)
  • Rotten tomato
    59.58%
  • Original title
    Güneşe Yolculuk
  • Original language
    tr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Yeşim Ustaoğlu

    Director

  2. Story



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Casts

  1. Nazmi Kırık

    Berzan

  2. Newroz Baz

    Mehmet

  3. Mizgin Kapazan

    Arzu

  4. Ara Güler

    Süleyman Bey

  5. Lucia Marano

    Sexy girl

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 5 , Crews : 13

Keyword

Journey to the Sun (1999) 104 Min

ALL 02/16/1999 (tr)
Drama
  • Release 02/16/1999
  • Production
    The Film Company, Medias Res Filmproduktion, Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)
  • Original title Güneşe Yolculuk
  • tr
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Yeşim Ustaoğlu

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Nicolas Gaster

    Editor

  4. Behrooz Hashemian

    Producer