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Bookmark this pageJourney to the Sun (1999)
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu
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From Time Out Film Guide
Ex-architect Yesim Ustaoglu was inspired to make this film after reading newspaper articles about Kurdish villages laid waste in southeastern Turkey. Given the level of censorship she faced, this lyrical, deceptively simple tale about love, loss, and identity (brilliantly shot by Kieslowski's old cameraman Jacek Petrycki) is all the more courageous. The story starts with two outsiders, Mehmet and Berzan, meeting in Istanbul, where both are eking out an existence in the face of police oppression. When Berzan is killed, Mehmet embarks on an epic journey across country to return his body to his home village. Ustaoglu is never didactic. Instead, she shows the bafflement and yearning of the young friends as they struggle to make sense of their predicament.Author: GM
Cast & crew
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu
Producer: Behrooz Hashemian
Cast: Nazmi Oirix, Newroz Baz, Mizgin Kapazan, Ara Güler, Lucia Marano full cast
Duration: 105 mins
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