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Journey to the Sun

1999-02-16 | Drama
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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.

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The director of Journey to the Sun is Yeşim Ustaoğlu.
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..
On October 04, 2024, the IMDB rating of Journey to the Sun is 7.0/10, Rotten Tomato rating is 0/100, Metacritic rating is 72/100, TMDB rating is 6.0/10.
On October 04, 2024, there were 3401 public reaction to Journey to the Sun including naturalist, neo-realism, didactic, confusing, juicy atmosphere.
The casts of Journey to the Sun are Nazmi Kırık starring as Berzan, Newroz Baz starring as Mehmet, Mizgin Kapazan starring as Arzu, Ara Güler starring as Süleyman Bey, Lucia Marano starring as Sexy girl.
The runtime of Journey to the Sun is 104 minutes.
The release date of Journey to the Sun is February 16, 1999.