"The point at which a good director crosses the career bridge to become a substantial international talent is vividly clear in "The Edge of Heaven," an utterly assured, profoundly moving fifth feature by Fatih Akin."
Derek Elley, VARIETY
"Intricate and moving drama about life-s struggles and near misses."
Ray Bennett, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
Winner - Best Screenplay • Cannes Film Festival
Official Selection • Cannes Film Festival
Winner - Best Screenplay (Fatih Akin) • Toronto International Film Festival
Retired widower Ali sees a solution to loneliness when he meets prostitute Yeter. Ali proposes to the fellow Turkish native to live with him in exchange for a monthly stipend.
Alis bookish son Nejat seems disapproving about his bully fathers choice. But the young German professor quickly grows fond of kind Yeter, especially upon discovering most of her hard-earned money is sent home to Turkey for her daughters university studies.
The accidental death of Yeter distances father and son even more, emotionally and physically. Nejat travels to Istanbul to begin an organized search for Yeters daughter
Ayten. He decides to stay in Turkey and trades places with the owner of a German bookstore who goes home to Germany. What Nejat doesnt know is that 20-something political activist Ayten is already in Germany, having fled the Turkish police.
Drama, World Cinema - 2007 - Germany/Turkey - German/Turkish/English with English subtitles - 122 min.
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