The Edge of Heaven

The Edge of Heaven

  • Director: Fatih Akin
  • Countries of origin: Germany, Turkey, Italy
  • Language: German, Turkish, English
  • Release date: September 27, 2007
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital EX
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: On the Other Side
  • "Auf der anderen Seite" is a feature film produced by A-Film Distribution, directed by Fatih Akin and co-starring Nursel Koese and Nurgül Yesilçay . It was released in France on May 23, 2007.
    The film tells the fragile emotional story of tolerance and understanding between Naiyat and Yeat and their three generations of parents and children   .

    Details

    • Release date September 27, 2007
    • Filming locations Taksim, Istanbul, Turkey
    • Production companies Anka Film, BKM, kulturelle Filmförderung des Bundes, Dorje Film

    Box office

    Gross US & Canada

    $742,349

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $14,257

    Gross worldwide

    $17,804,565

    Movie reviews

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    • By Stefan 2022-04-19 09:03:01

      Two clues, don't focus

      The story is told too simply, without thinking, the facts always come out of the blue, accept, accept, just accept, there is no taste. Find a prostitute, raise him as a lover, suffer a heart attack, and kill him with a single slap. Conflict, constant conflict. conflict again.

      Why we are in awe of the world because we have not experienced enough lessons.

      The German professor's son went to Turkey to adopt the deceased's daughter, who was in the revolution and went into exile...

    • By Amiya 2022-04-19 09:03:01

      Encountered on the other side of life

      What is the other side of life? What is left for us?

      Older young people like me are mostly busy with their livelihoods. Boys have long ceased to pursue romance like a splendid snow moon, and gradually face reality, learn to look directly at life, learn to think about the future, beautiful long-cherished wishes, and hide in the cage of reality, Honest and bland.

      Who cares about the acquaintance and acquaintance of people, everything is drawn by simple substances, I have...

    • By Arne 2022-04-19 09:03:01

      Everyone gets the same cards

      The director's ambition is very big, different nationalities, different cultures, religions, revolutions, and even Chernobyl are all included. But it is very restrained to do it lightly, and everything is dealt with as idle strokes. This is the strength of European cinema. Much like a hermit in ancient China, who seems to be casually brewing a pot of tea in the mountains, in fact, every piece of tea is concerned about the ups and downs of the government and the public. What is wonderful and...

    • By Gardner 2022-04-19 09:03:01

      life on the other side

      With casual eyes, he is looking for the private place beside us that we are not aware of, and trying to tell us his existence.
          
          The director is just proving his existence, but he has not solved it or found the answer.
          
         What is the "other side of life"? In the director's mind, the answer to this question may be like the end of the film. Aksu turns his back to us and faces the sea. , we couldn't see his expression clearly, nor could Aksu clearly see what the sea...

    • By Francis 2022-04-19 09:03:01

      When the living cannot communicate with each other

      What strikes me most about the film is this set of contrasts:
      Yeter's body is airlifted back to Turkey, and we see a coffin descend gently. . .
      And Lotte, a good friend of Yeter's daughter Ayten, died unexpectedly in the process of helping Ayten in the search for a gun in Turkey. At the same airport and the same elevator, Lotte slowly ascended and was transported to Germany.
          It seems that Lotte can finally fulfill Ayten's wish and help her find her mother.
      But the...

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    • By Diego 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      The open-air theater in summer maintains a five-star miracle! The director took the word "coincidence" to the extreme, and even every line and every picture were compared. Three families paid the price of two lives (the subtitle of the film is so annoying = =), all of which are talking about the cultural conflict between Germany and Turkey, immigration issues, Turkey's entry into the European Union, and so on. Every character in it is alone, and in the end there is no...

    • By Wellington 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      The writer is invincible. A twisted...

    • By Elbert 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      A German-born German director made a film about a young German woman who went to the world for love to save her Turkish lover. Not only did she experience Turkey's terrible bureaucracy, but she was also killed by a child robbing her bag on the streets of Istanbul. Is this a good...

    • By Stuart 2022-03-28 09:01:13

      Sad life always makes people feel emotional, this movie contains too much love that cannot be dissolved, the love of mothers to daughters, the love of sons to fathers, the love of girls to prisoners, the love of strangers to strangers, In the unpredictable life, only love is...

    • By Cole 2022-03-27 09:01:21

      Even being a prostitute can speak foreign languages ​​is an advantage....

    Movie plot

    Nei Yate ( Baki Davrak ornaments) strongly opposed his widower father and prostitutes Fayette cohabitation. Until a chance, Niyat found out that Yate ( Nursel Koese ) sent all the money she earned back to Turkey to help her daughter go to school, Niyat changed her original view. But Yeat's sudden death created a huge estrangement between father and son, and Naiyat decided to go to Turkey to find Yeat 's daughter Ai Teng ( Nurgül...
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    The so-called other side is everywhere else. For the mother, the daughter is the other side; for the daughter, the mother is the other side; for the son, the father is the other side; for the father, the son is the other side; even the picture and connotation are different. aside. Everyone has their own life philosophy and life trajectory, and it seems that people are always on the other side. In fact, even though globalization is...
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    Movie quotes

    • story: After telling the story of Abraham that was willing to sacrifice his son, Ismael, to show God his obedience. Before Abraham could slay his son God sent a lamb to sacrifice instead.

      Nejat Aksu: I asked my dad if he would have sacrificed me as well.

      Susanne Staub: And what did he say?

      Nejat Aksu: That he would even make an enemy of God to protect me.