From acclaimed director Fatih Akin (Head On, Crossing the Bridge) comes The Edge of Heaven, a meditative drama which explores the sufferings of Turkish-German immigrants. Winning Best Screenplay at the Cannes Film festival in 2007, The Edge of Heaven is a flawless character-driven story.
Tuncel Kurtiz stars as Ali, a Turkish immigrant who has resettled in Bremen. Ali frequents brothels, a habit which leads him to Yeter, a middle-aged Turkish prostitute who works from the doorway of the brothel. Due to a misunderstanding, Yeter receives death threats from a group of Turkish men, thus prompting Ali to propose that he pay for her to move in with him on a permanent basis. She accepts - a decision which sparks a chain reaction of incidents, taking us on a journey from Bremen to Istanbul, from family to family in a character-driven drama which spirals compellingly towards its stunning finale.
Boasting a cast which includes the legendary "Grand Dame" of German Cinema, Hanna Schygulla (The Marriage of Maria Braun, The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant, Effi Briest), The Edge of Heaven is a powerful and thought-provoking meditation on the great divide which exists between different cultures, generations and people.