
Journey to the Sun
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.
- Year: 1999
- Country: Turkey, Germany, Netherlands
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: The Film Company, Medias Res Filmproduktion, Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)
- Keyword: woman director
- Director: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
- Cast: Nazmi Kırık, Newroz Baz, Mizgin Kapazan, Ara Güler, Lucia Marano