Atlanta Film Festival 2008 : The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite)

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The Edge of Heaven (Auf der anderen Seite)

Faith Akin

Categories: Foreign Feature, Out on Film

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Run time: 116 min. | Germany , Turkey | Language: German,Turkish and English with English Subtitles

Winner of the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, the new film from Fatih Akin (Head-On) presents a complex interweaving tale that crosses between Germany and Turkey. When widower, Ali, invites a prostitute, Yeter, to move in with him, his son Nejat initially disapproves until he discovers that the money is going to pay for her daughter, Ayten’s university education in Turkey. Ayten, meanwhile is on the run from the Turkish police and has been taken in by the smitten Lotte in Germany. With an interweaving story and fractured time structure, Akin delivers on the promise he has shown to establish himself as one of the most important young international filmmakers working today.