Journey to the Sun
by Yesim Ustaoglu
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Actor: Ara Güler, Lucia Marano, Mizgin Kapazan, Nazmî Kirik, Newroz BazDirector: Yesim Ustaoglu
Brand: Facets Multimedia
Cinematographer: Jacek Petrycki
Writer: Yesim Ustaoglu
Editor: Nicolas Gaster
Producer: Behrooz Hashemian
Producer: Ezel Akay
Producer: Phil van der Linden
Producer: Pit Riethmüller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Dutch (Original Language); Kurdish (Original Language); Turkish (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 104 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-28
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Facets
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Movie Review: Young man with a coffin . . .
Summary: 5 Stars
This fine, low-budget film shot in Istanbul and rural Turkey has the feel of a documentary, even as it tells a very personal story about a young man on his own in the city. We follow the events in his life as he befriends a Kurd and discovers, more by accident than design, some of the realities of being an ethnic and political outcast. Mistakenly arrested as a terrorist, he is battered by the police, then thrown out of his bachelors' living quarters when he is released, and loses his job with the Water Department.
A girlfriend remains faithful to him throughout, until circumstances finally set him on a cross-country course with a dead man in a coffin. After footage of the crowded streets of Istanbul, the film opens up into a kind of road movie across all sorts of terrain, but never getting far from the tense and perilous political realities of modern-day Turkey. This is a richly detailed and at times touching film that opens a window onto a part of the world seldom seen in the West. Wonderful performances, absorbing story with unexpected turns, visually complex cinematography, haunting soundtrack.
Summary of Journey to the Sun
An unlikely friendship forms the basis of this powerful story of loyalty and courage. Mehmet, a cheerful young man from western Turkey, and Berzan, a Kurdish rebel in the underground, become fast friends while living in Istanbul. Mehmet is unjustly arrested, but the experience makes him aware of his country?s political realities. When the situation heats up, and Berzan is involved, Mehmet embarks on a sweeping, spiritual journey across Turkey to his friend?s Kurdish homeland. Graced with beautiful cinematography, JOURNEY TO THE SUN is writer-director Yesim Ustaoglu?s remarkable second feature.Similar DVD Movies
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