Nurgul Yesilcay, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz
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...( read more
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A great follow-up to Fatih Akin's Head-On. The interweaving storylines are thoughtful and deeply emotional yet seem unforced.
Six characters are drawn together by circumstances- an old man and a prostitue forging a partnership, a young scholor reconcling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together. The Edge of Heaven flirts with close-to...( read more)
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...( read more)
Very rarely do you find a film as alive and full as "The Edge of Heaven". Echoing Kieslowski's "Three Colors" trilogy with a narrative structure that resembles a film like "Babel", writer-director Fatih Akin (who won best screenplay at Cannes for this film) masterfully illustrate...( read more)
Gorgeously shot tale with sumptuous locations and a pleasing symmetry to the narrative. A variety of atypical actors and scenarios give it a real freshness.
LETTERBOX. Llega tan lejos como su impecable presentación se lo permite, pero hace evidente que es la historia misma la que fabrica las condiciones para autosatisfacerse emocionalmente. / Gets as far as its impeccable presentation allows it to, but makes evident that it's the sto...( read more)
A thought provoking and emotional drama. Six lives are intertwinned in a remarkable tale of love, lose, and tragedy.
Loneliness, loss and capricious love guide the fortunes of three families in this powerful, beautifully realized drama by German-Turkish writer/director Fatih Akin. full review
Akin's purpose, I think, is a simple one: He wants us to meet these people, know them, sympathize with them....I found them fascinating. full review
An exquisitely mysterious feature by the German-born Turkish filmmaker Fatih Akin. full review
With The Edge of Heaven, the marvelously talented Fatih Akin, a German filmmaker of Turkish origin, continues to explore questions posed in Head On. full review
In the course of the extraordinary film The Edge of Heaven children are lost, lost parents are never found, and generational and geographical distances grow wider. full review
The Edge of Heaven is about something more exasperating than crossed paths; it is about paths that almost cross but don't, and the tragedy of the near-miss. full review
A mesmerizing film whose storytelling is masterful in both form and content.
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