Journey to the Sun
A FILM BY Yesim Ustaoglu
A FILM BY Yesim Ustaoglu
Haunting... teems with life... an incisive drama.
- Elvis Mitchell, NEW YORK TIMES
... a remarkably vivid portrait...
- VILLAGE VOICE
Fiercely spartan, deeply involving and strangely beautiful...
- GUARDIAN WEEKLY
A very beautiful film on the Kurdish issue yet surpassing its political function...
- LE MONDE (France)
Synopsis
"Journey to the Sun" is a beautiful story of friendship, courage and personal awareness. It chronicles a young man's painful journey through the social realities in contemporary Turkey. Mehmet is young man from Western Turkey who has come to Istanbul dreaming of a better life. There he meets Berzan, a Kurdish man from the East. The two become friends, bonded together in their fears for their future and their struggle to survive the present. But as their lives in the city take a turn for the worse, Mehmet decides to take a deeply moving journey across Turkey to the land of Berzan's dreams... the fabled Kurdistan.Theatrical Release Date
Original Languages: Turkish & Kurdish
Genre: Drama, World Cinema
Running Time: 104 min.
Year: 1999
Genre: Drama, World Cinema
Running Time: 104 min.
Year: 1999
Credits
CAST
Lucia Marano
Nazmi Kirik
Newroz Baz
DIRECTED BY
Yesim Ustaoglu
