Journey to the Sun

Journey to the Sun 1999 Directed by Yeşim Ustaoğlu Güneşe Yolculuk

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.

Country Turkey

Production Countries Germany , Netherlands , Turkey

Language Turkish

Spoken Languages English , Kurdish , Russian , Turkish

Gnere Drama

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

Release Date 16 February 1999

109 mins

Cast

Nazmi Kırık Berzan

Newroz Baz Mehmet

Mizgin Kapazan Arzu

Ara Güler Süleyman Bey

Lucia Marano Sexy girl

Crew

Director

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Writer

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Producers

Behrooz Hashemian

Pit Riethmüller

Phil van der Linden

Executive Producer

Ezel Akay

Cinematography

Jacek Petrycki

Composer

Vlatko Stefanovski

Editor

Nicolas Gaster

Production Design

Natali Yeres

Sound

Christian Götz

Svetolik 'Mića' Zajc

Script Supervisor

Kazım Öz