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The Edge of Heaven, 2007

Starring: Baki Davrak, Nursel Kose, Hanna Schygulla

Directed by: Fatih Akin

Written by: Fatih Akin

Language: German, Turkish, English

Country: Germany, Turkey, Italy

Runtime: 116 min

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Rating:7.9

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The mood of The Edge of Heaven is contemplative and touching. The plot centers around psychological motives, parents and children, and family relations. It is a drama and foreign movie. Stylistically, The Edge of Heaven involves multiple stories. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The Edge of Heaven is set in Turkey and Germany. It happens in contemporary times.

Summary of The Edge of Heaven

Director Fatih Akin (HEAD-ON) flies between Germany and Turkey for this drama. THE EDGE OF HEAVEN (AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE) explores the relationship between a father and son, as well as the contentious issues of immigration and bureaucracy. In German, Turkish, and English, with English subtitles.

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Language:	German, Turkish, English
Country:	Germany, Turkey, Italy
Release date:	8 February 2008
Runtime:	116 min

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Baki Davrak

as Nejat Aksu

Nursel Kose

as Yeter aka Jessy

Hanna Schygulla

as Susanne Staub

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Entertainment Weekly

Hopping from Germany to Turkey and back again, Akin is out to capture the ways that a globalized world can tear up our hearts, and repair them, too. Full Review

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by: Owen Gleiberman

San Francisco Chronicle

The experience of seeing this film is cumulative, sober and profound. Full Review

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by: Mick LaSalle

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Wonderful though slightly unbalanced

Who makes up these translations? How does something that literally is 'On the other side' or 'From the other side' or even 'To the other side' and could poetically mean 'yonder' turn into The Edge of Heaven is beyond me. The film however is... Read and rate it

26.December.2011
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by: Roelof Bijnema
Roelof Bijnema rated this movie9/10Amazing

Oh, Fatih Akin, you odd genius! After "Head On," this is the second Akin film I've seen and it's better than the first. Akin is still a young director, but he's now on my must-watch list. This film has the same crisply-shot mix of scenes in Germany... Read and rate it

04.November.2009
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by: Matt
Matt rated this movie8/10Great

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