Journey to the Sun (1999)

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.

Release Date : Feb 16, 1999

Runtime : 1h 44m

Genre : Drama  

Companies : The Film Company, Medias Res Filmproduktion, Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)

Countries : Turkey, Germany, Netherlands

Keywords : woman director