Drama · Turkey · 1999 · 1h 49m

Journey to the Sun

Güneşe Yolculuk

Director

Cast

Nazmi Kırık as Berzan Newroz Baz as Mehmet Mizgin Kapazan as Arzu Ara Güler as Süleyman Bey Lucia Marano as Sexy girl

Crew

Jacek Petrycki — Director of Photography Nicolas Gaster — Editor Vlatko Stefanovski — Original Music Composer Yeşim Ustaoğlu — Writer Behrooz Hashemian — Producer Natali Yeres — Production Design

Synopsis

Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from 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, he becomes an outcast marked as a Kurd.

Trailer

Official Trailer youtube.com

Mood & Themes

woman director

Key Collaborators

Yeşim Ustaoğlu Director Jacek Petrycki Director of Photography Nicolas Gaster Editor Vlatko Stefanovski Original Music Composer Yeşim Ustaoğlu Writer Behrooz Hashemian Producer Natali Yeres Production Design

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