Journey to the Sun (1999)

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.

Released

1999-02-16

Genres

Drama

Runtime

109 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Yeşim Ustaoğlu

TMDB rating

5.8/10 from 30 votes