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Journey to the Sun (1999)
- NR
- 02/16/1999 (DE)
- Drama
- 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.
Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Director, WriterCast
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Nazmi Kırık
BerzanNewroz Baz
MehmetMizgin Kapazan
Arzu![Ara Güler's headshot](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/bNMLhg8Pe7uCykpk75ueXGqDna5.jpg)