Journey to the Sun

Year: 1999

Runtime: 104 mins

Language: Turkish

Director: Yeşim Ustaoğlu

Drama

Mehmet, a young man from the Turkish village of Tire, moves to Istanbul to find water leaks. Mistaken for a Kurd, he is imprisoned, beaten and, after release, loses his apartment, job and girlfriend Arzu, becoming an outcast. When his Kurdish friend Berzan is killed in a protest, Mehmet carries his body to the border village, facing the refugee crisis.

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