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  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 2 h 2 m

Summary 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 d...

Directed By: Fatih Akin

Written By: Fatih Akin

  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2008
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 2 h 2 m

The Edge of Heaven

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 26 Critic Reviews
must-see
85
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 28 User Ratings
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Summary 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 d...

Directed By: Fatih Akin

Written By: Fatih Akin

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
25 Reviews
4% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 26 Critic Reviews
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96% Positive
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4% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
Though I love McCarthy's movie, The Edge of Heaven - with its virtuoso narrative and frames packed to bursting with unruly life - has the potency of "The Visitor" squared.
By Michael Sragow FULL REVIEW
100
The best approach is to begin with the characters, because the wonderful, sad, touching The Edge of Heaven is more about its characters than about its story
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW

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Universal Acclaim Based on 28 User Ratings
8.4
93% Positive
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4% Mixed
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Universal Acclaim Based on 28 User Ratings
8.4
93% Positive
26 Ratings
4% Mixed
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4% Negative
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Mr. Akin's film is so full of life that it leaves you breathless.
By Joe Morgenstern FULL REVIEW
88
The Edge of Heaven is marked by a number of remarkable performances.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
80
Superbly cast drama, in which the lives and emotional arcs of six people -- four Turks and two Germans -- criss-cross through love and tragedy.
By Derek Elley FULL REVIEW
75
Intermittently powerful drama explores a cross-cultural estrangement.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
60
Like a more personal, less pretentious version of Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel," this spiraling dissection of circumstance, choice and fate is more about thoroughness of vision than tricky storytelling.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
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Production Company Anka Film, Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Dorje Film, Filmförderung Hamburg, Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kulturelle Filmförderung Schleswig-Holstein, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Nordmedia
Release Date May 21, 2008
Duration 2 h 2 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.auf-der-anderen-seite.de/
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Awards

Yesilcam Awards
• 4 Wins & 8 Nominations
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival
• 5 Wins & 5 Nominations
German Film Awards
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations

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