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| Title: |
Journey to the Sun |
| Technical Info: |
Turkey / 1999 / Color / 35mm |
| Director: |
Yeşim Ustaoğlu |
| Screenplay: |
Yeşim Ustaoğlu |
| Producers: |
Behrooz Hashemian |
| Cast: |
Nevruz Baz, Nazmi Kırık, Mizgin Kapazan,
Ara Güler |
| Music: |
Vlatko Stefanovski |
| DOP: |
Jacek Petrycki |
| Art Direction: |
Natali Yeres |
| Editor: |
Nicolas Gaster |
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JOURNEY TO THE SUN is a story of friendship, courage and a politically naive man's transformation into someone too-painfully aware of the social realities of contemporary Turkey. Two young man from different regions of Turkey - Mehmet from the West, Berzan from the East - are bonded together in their struggle to survive as lower-class citizens in Istanbul.
Mehmet, a recent arrival seeking better opportunities in the big city, is befriended by Berzan, a Kurd who sells music cassettes in a push cart. Although he is from Turkey's west coast, Mehmet himself could easily be mistaken for a Kurd due to his darker skin. Mehmet shares his dreams for the future with Arzu, a young woman working in a laundromat, while Berzan longs to return home to his girlfriend in Zorduc, a village near the Iraqi border. One evening during a routine police check on a public bus, Mehmet is unjustly arrested. Although released from jail one week later, Mehmet's life has been marked. Pushed into the slums of Istanbul, he learns more about the harsh realities of life than he wishes to. His loyalty to Berzan will eventually force him to disregard an uncompassionate bureaucracy and embark on a journey eastward across the entire Turkish countryside... on a journey to the sun.
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