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The Edge of Heaven (2008)

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Release Date: May 21, 2008 (Limited)
Genre: Foreign, Drama
Director: Fatih Akin
Writer: Fatih Akin
Cast: Nurgül Yesilçay, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz
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Studio: Strand Releasing
Official site: strandreleasing.com/In_Theaters_Details.asp_Q_id_E_274
Running Time: 122 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated U.

Nejat initially disapproves of his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But the young professor warms to her when he learns that most of her hard-earned money is sent home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. After Yeter's accidental death, Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter Ayten. Political activist Ayten has fled the Turkish police and is already in Germany. She is befriended by a young...

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Review by Robert Bell (A-)

As a slightly morbid investigation of East-West culture clashes and the reconnection and adaptation of human relationships that surround loss and disappointment, The Edge of Heaven succeeds. It is structurally similar to the template made successful by Mexico's Alejandro González Iñárritu, but drawn in on a much smaller scale, keeping the story bound by Turkey and Germany. There is a stark realism to the relationships, which are never embellished or contrived for incongruous emotional impact. They exist believably, which is impressive considering the subtle balance created through a story of conveniently intersecting lives.

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