Journey to the Sun
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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.
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Yeşim Ustaoğlu Director · Vlatko Stefanovski Composer Jacek Petrycki Cinematographer
First release February 16, 1999 · Produced in Türkiye, Germany, Netherlands · Languages Dutch, English, Kurdish, Russian, Turkish
Production
The Film Company
Production
Medias Res Filmproduktion
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Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)
Production
Türkiye · Germany · Netherlands
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Original title
Güneşe Yolculuk
Original language
Turkish
Spoken on screen
Dutch · English · Kurdish · Russian · Turkish
Release dates
Germany · February 16, 1999
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