Journey to the Sun

Feb 16, 1999 1h 44m

24 votes

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Title	Journey to the Sun
Companies	The Film Company, Medias Res Filmproduktion, Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)
Countries	Turkey, Germany, Netherlands
Keywords	woman director