Journey to the Sun (1999)

Name: Journey to the Sun
Director: Yeşim Ustaoğlu
Released: 1999-02-16
Rating: 5.786
Cast: Nazmi Kırık, Newroz Baz, Mizgin Kapazan, Ara Güler, Lucia Marano

Drama

109 min

Plot Summary

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.