Fresno Filmworks

September 2008

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.

Anthony Lane
New Yorker

It's a beautiful, unexpectedly enrapturing story about a world in transition and both the closeness and unbridgeable divide between generations and cultures.

Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times

THE EDGE OF HEAVEN is the movie BABEL so badly wanted to be.

Ann Hornaday
Washington Post


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Synopsis

In a Turkish enclave in Bremen, patriarchal widower Ali brings home Yeter, a local prostitute, to tend to his domestic needs. Yeter is saving money to finance her daughter Ayten’s college education in Turkey. When Yeter is accidentally killed, Ali’s son Nejat heads to Turkey to find Ayten, who unbeknownst to him, has embarked on her own rebellious journey to Germany. Multi-layered and poignant, THE EDGE OF HEAVEN delves into German-Turkish relations and age-old generational divide. Winner of the Best Screenplay in the Cannes Film Festival 2007. Directed by Fatih Akin (Head-On, Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul).

Directed by Fatih Akin
Germany/Turkey, 2008
In German/Turkish/English, with English subtitles
122 minutes, NR

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