SummaryNejat initially disapproves of his widower father Ali`s choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But the young professor warms to her when he learns that most of her hard-earned money is sent home to Turkey for her daughter’s university studies. After Yeter`s accidental death, Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter`s daughter A... Read More
Directed By:Fatih Akin
Written By:Fatih Akin
The Edge of Heaven
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
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Though I love McCarthy's movie, The Edge of Heaven - with its virtuoso narrative and frames packed to bursting with unruly life - has the potency of "The Visitor" squared.
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The best approach is to begin with the characters, because the wonderful, sad, touching The Edge of Heaven is more about its characters than about its story
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Aug 25, 2011
10
what can i say about this movie .whether its music or cinematography or acting or editing .everything in the movie is top **** theme of the movie forgiveness is very divine. fatih akin handles this multidimensional subject with great care and it surpasses the film babel in one way 'simplicity'
May 11, 2013
9
A number of people started comparing The Edge of Heaven to Babel/Crash and other vertebrate type storylines alike. And even though there is a structural resemblance, the director Akin, a prodigy of immigration himself, makes a movie oozing nostalgia for home; in one thread home is the love of one's life, in another it is the country of origin, in the other one the bosom of a woman, and in another belonging to a cause. Notable mention should be made to the exceptional editing which invariably adds irony and suspense.
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Mr. Akin's film is so full of life that it leaves you breathless.
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The Edge of Heaven is marked by a number of remarkable performances.
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Superbly cast drama, in which the lives and emotional arcs of six people -- four Turks and two Germans -- criss-cross through love and tragedy.
75
Intermittently powerful drama explores a cross-cultural estrangement.
60
Like a more personal, less pretentious version of Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel," this spiraling dissection of circumstance, choice and fate is more about thoroughness of vision than tricky storytelling.
Nov 27, 2013
8
German director, Fatih Akin, explores relationships between national people from Germany and immigrant people from Turkey (most immigrant people in Germany is from Turkey). Reasoning is word most useful for this film. Akin shows us a direct question to us and he shows his particular vision about Turkish-German people in present. Beautiful film.
Production Company:
- Anka Film
- Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM)
- Dorje Film
- Filmförderung Hamburg
- Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)
- Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Kulturelle Filmförderung Schleswig-Holstein
- Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
- Nordmedia
Release Date:May 21, 2008
Duration:1 h 56 m
Awards
Yesilcam Awards
• 4 Wins & 8 Nominations
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations
German Film Awards
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
