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. Upon his release a week later, he becomes an outcast marked as a Kurd, losing his apartment, his job, and eventually his girl friend, Arzu. When a Kurdish friend, Berzan is killed in a street protest triggered by a hunger strike, Mehmet takes a trek to return the body to Berzan's home village near the Iraqi border, and learns why so many Kurds are refugees.
Genre: Drama
Stars: Nazmi Kırık, Newroz Baz, Mizgin Kapazan, Ara Güler, Lucia Marano
Crew: Yeşim Ustaoğlu (Director), Yeşim Ustaoğlu (Writer), Ezel Akay (Executive Producer), Behrooz Hashemian (Producer), Pit Riethmüller (Co-Producer), Phil van der Linden (Co-Producer)
Country: Turkey, Germany, Netherlands
Language: Nederlands, , Türkçe
Studio: The Film Company, Medias Res Filmproduktion, Istisnai Filmler ve Reklamlar (IFR)
Runtime: 104 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 16, 1999
IMDb: 5.042
Keywords:woman director
