Germany / Turkey / Italy,
2007, 122 min
Directed by:
Fatih AkinScreenplay:
Fatih AkinComposer:
ShantelCast:
Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Nejat Isler, Lars Rudolph, Nurgül Yeşilçay, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Turgay Tanülkü, Annette Uhlen, Baki Davrak, Nursel Köse (more)Plots(1)
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. Nejet isn't pleased with his father's new girlfriend, a prostitute named Yeter, until he discovers that Yeter is actually a stand-up single parent with a good heart. But, when Yeter suddenly passes away, she leaves in her wake a great divide between Nejet and his father. In a desperate attempt to fill the void, Nejet travels to Germany in search of Yeter's political activist daughter, only to quickly become embroiled in her life. (official distributor synopsis)
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