Journey to the Sun
Güneşe Yolculukby Yeşim Ustaoğlu1h441999Turkey
Recommended byFatih Akin
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Mehmet, a young Turkish man newly migrated from the village 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.
Credits
- Directed by : Yeşim Ustaoğlu
- Screenplay : Yeşim Ustaoğlu
- Editor : Nicolas Gaster
- Original score : Vlatko Stefanovski
- Producing company : Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR), Medias Res Filmproduktion, The Film Company
- Image : Jacek Petrycki
- Production : Behrooz Hashemian
- Son : Christian Götz, Fredrick Helm
Technical details
- Printed format : 35 mm
- Year of production : 1999
- Category :
- Color : Colors
- Language : Turkish
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