Journey to the Sun
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Yesim Ustaoglu
Newroz Baz
Nazmi Qirix
Mizgin Kapazan
Ara Guler
Berceste Akgun
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Mehmet is from east Anatolia, Berzan from the west, but both have come to Istanbul to look for work and a new life. Mehmet is working his way up - he has a good job repairing water pipes, and has met a woman, Arzu, with whom he is becoming close. Berzan lives in a poor part of town and scrapes by selling cassettes. His dream is to make enough to return to his village sweetheart. But one day when Mehmet, whose skin makes him look like a Kurd is mistakenly arrested for possessing a gun, he loses his footing, realizing that he is forever haunted, as a red "X" is marked wherever he stays; he, henceforth opens his eyes to Turkey's harsh reality. Mehmet is then forced to become personally involved in the politics of his country. His loyalty to Berzan eventually forces him to disregard an uncompassionate bureaucracy and he embarks on a symbolic journey eastward across Turkey all the way to the Iraqui border.
Director
Yesim Ustaoglu
Cast
Newroz Baz
Nazmi Qirix
Mizgin Kapazan
Ara Guler
Berceste Akgun
Kazim Ekinci
Nigar Aktar
Reyhan Yilmaz
Erdinc Dincer
Ercument Balekoglu
Iskender Bagcilar
Ismail Yildiz
Erhan Yildirim
Murat Baydemir
Hasan Korur
Serhat Kaplan
Hulusi Tutuncu
Cabbar Baris
Sekernaz Cakal
Zulfiye Dolu
Cem Coskun
Ozcan Alper
Eray Ozbal
Hilmi Erdem
Mesut Akusta
Erdal Ceviz
Hasan Yildiz
Sahin Akman
Sedat Bider
Ercan Ayberk
Seref Turkmenoglu
Ferzan Yucel
Berzan Yucel
Mahmut Demir
Izzet Yildiz
Tunc Davut
Adnan Demir
Menderes Demir
Rifat Tirpanci
Ramazan Ozcan
Murat Tastan
Sexo Kisa
Mehmet Cakir
Harun Tekin
Ege Madra
Altay Ozbek
Ahmet Ozaslan
Muharrem Gulmez
Lucia Marano
Vlatko Stefanovski
Gazment Berisha
Turan Yapistiran
Crew
Ezel Akay
Deniz Aksit
Kevin Robins Aksoy
Muzaffer Aksuzek
Ilhami Algor
Koma Amed
Kutlu Ataman
Bahadir Atay
Hakan Aytekin
Thomas Balkenhol
Besiktas Belediye Baskanligi
Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyesi
Laura Bombana
Ersan Capan
Natasha Colombant
Metin Cornik
Muzaffer Cukuryurt
Medo Cun
Tunc Davut
Dirk Dejonghe
Ali Demir
Mahmut Demir
Menderes Demir
Huseyin Dindar
Ferah Dogan
Ayse Durmaz
Jurben Eisenmann
Dany Elsen
Mehmet Eminbas
Licia Eminenti
Tanju Eren
Vahid Erfan
Koken Ergun
Abit Eris
Valide Han Esnafi
Isik Evi
Alessandro Favaron
Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
Nic Gaster
Chris Goetz
Hasan Gokce
Selvi Gul
Muharrem Gulmez
Faruk Gunaltay
Kaan Guner
Umit Guney
Bahir Guran
Burak Guray
Civan Haco
Dilber Haco
Behrooz Hashemian
Frederick W Helm
Husnu Hepgur
Eminonu Hizmet
Dzengis Ibrahim
Rasim Ibrahim
Abdullah Oguz Icsoz
Aysegul Ildeniz
Attila Ilhan
Ustungel Inanc
Kerem Kabadayi
Arslan Kacar
Oguz Karabeli
Agah Karaburcak
Nurettin Keles
Bakhtiar Khudojnazarov
Yalcin Kilic
Erol Kinik
Thomas Knobelspies
Ufuk Koksal
Arzu Korkmaz
Muharrem Kucuk
Ozkan Kucuk
Paola Landi
Incila Manco
Genel Mudurlugu
Gulsum Muezzinoglu
Marco Muller
Mahmut Muzaffer
Pan Nakliyat
Ilana Navaro
Cemal Noyan
Tadeus Obuchowicz
Serdar Ongoren
Kazim Oz
Ozay Ozbal
Sedef Ozge
Hamit Paksoy
Mirelle Paulus-levy
Tatjana Petrusa
Jacek Petrycki
Jacek Petrycki
Jacek Petrycki
Tayfun Pirselimoglu
Mina Ghoreshi Plenker
Lucienne Posthorn
Elisabetta Prando
Mustafa Presova
Sedat Presova
Frederic Rat
Amir Razi
Pit Reithmuller
Charles Richards
Pit Riethmuller
Robert Roth
Cevren Sarayoglu
Janine Schrijver
Murat Senyuz
Yasemin Sile
Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski
Vlatko Stefanovski
Bruno Tarriere
Berrin Tekdemir
Cerrahpasa Tip
Rifat Tirpanci
Sukriye Topal
Cengiz Topkara
Suleyman Topkara
Oliviero Toscani
Gerhard Tripp
Claudia Tronnier
Seref Turkmenoglu
Yesim Ustaoglu
Ahmet Uygun
Ann Van Belle
Phil Van Der Linden
Dirk Vandewalle
Dirk Vandewalle
Stephen Vanopbroeke
Bernd Walper
Christoph Weber
Dick Willemsen
Dilek Yarcan
Karaman Yavuz
Natali Yeres
Natali Yeres
Gokhan Yilmaz
Hakan Yilmaz
Izzet Yilmaz
Erguder Yoldas
Berzan Yucel
Ferzan Yucel
Nezir Yucel
Svetolik Mica Zajc
Jacek Zaleski
Joe Zito
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of the AGICOA Prize for Best European Film on a contemporary issue at the 1999 Berlin Film Festival.
Winner of three awards at the 1999 Istanbul International Film Festival, including Best Turkish Film, Best Director of a Turkish Film and the FIPRESCI prize.
Released in United States 1999
Released in United States 2000
Released in United States February 1999
Released in United States May 18, 2001
Released in United States on Video September 28, 2004
Released in United States September 1999
Released in United States Winter February 9, 2001
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 10-21, 1999.
Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (in competition) October 20 - November 15, 1999.
Shown at Istanbul International Film Festival April 17 - May 2, 1999.
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 24 - April 9, 2000.
Sophomore feature for Yesim Ustaoglu, who debuted with "Traces" (Turkey/1994).
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (in competition) October 20 - November 15, 1999.)
Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Istanbul International Film Festival April 17 - May 2, 1999.)
Released in United States 2000 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 24 - April 9, 2000.)
Released in United States February 1999 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (in competition) February 10-21, 1999.)
Released in United States Winter February 9, 2001
Released in United States May 18, 2001 (Grande 4 Plex; Los Angeles)
Released in United States September 1999 (Shown at Telluride Film Festival September 3-6, 1999.)
Released in United States on Video September 28, 2004
