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)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
European Film Awards
- 2007 - Fatih Akin (Best Screenwriter)
- 2007 - Fatih Akin (Best Film)
- 2007 - Fatih Akin (Best Director)
César Awards
- 2008 - Best Foreign Film
Goya Awards
- 2009 - Fatih Akin (Best European Feature)
German Film Awards
- 2008 - Andreas Thiel, Fatih Akin, Klaus Maeck (Best Feature Film)
- 2008 - Fatih Akin (Best Director)
- 2008 - Fatih Akin (Best Screenplay)
- 2008 - Andrew Bird (Best Editing)
- 2008 - Hanna Schygulla (Best Supporting Female Role)
Guldbagge Awards
- 2007 - Fatih Akin (Best Foreign Film)
Cannes Film Festival
- 2007 - Fatih Akin (Best Screenplay)
- 2007 - Fatih Akin (Prize of the Ecumenical Jury)
- 2007 - Fatih Akin (Golden Palm - Official Competition)