The Edge of Heaven(2008)

Poster of The Edge of Heaven

Synopsis

The fragile lives of six people connect on emotional voyages toward forgiveness and reconciliation in Germany and Turkey. Nejat disapproves of his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But changes his mind when he discovers she sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's education. Yeter's sudden death distances father and son. Nejat travels to Istanbul to find Yeter's daughter Ayten. However, political activist Ayten is already in Germany, having to flee the Turkish police. There, she meets Lotte who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not pleasing to her conservative mother. When Ayten is eventually arrested, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey, where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten.
The fragile lives of six people connect on emotional voyages toward forgiveness and reconciliation in Germany and Turkey. Nejat disapproves of his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But changes …
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In Theaters

  • May 21, 2008

MPAA Rating

Not Rated

Genres

Drama, Foreign

Run Time

2 hours 2 minutes

Distributors

Strand Releasing

Box Office

$741,283

Directors

Fatih Akin

Director

CAST

Hanna Schygulla

Susanne Staub

Tuncel KurtIz

Ali Aksu

Baki Davrak

Nejat Aksu

Patrycia Ziolkowska

Lotte Staub

Nursel Kose

Yeter Ozturk

Nurgul Yesilcay

Ayten Ozturk
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