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AUF DER ANDEREN SEITE (THE EDGE OF HEAVEN)

In Competition
Directed by :
Fatih AKIN 
Country:
GERMANY, TURKEY
Year:
2007
Duration:
122 minutes
  • Award for Best Screenplay, 2007

Synopsis

Nejat seems disapproving about his widower father Ali's choice of prostitute
Yeter for a live-in girlfriend. But he grows fond of her when he discovers she
sends money home to Turkey for her daughter's university studies. Yeter's
sudden death distances father and son. 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 woman, Lotte, who invites rebellious Ayten to stay in her home, a gesture not particularly pleasing to her conservative mother Susanne. When Ayten is arrested and her asylum plea is denied, she is deported and imprisoned in Turkey. Lotte travels to Turkey,where she gets caught up in the seemingly hopeless situation of freeing Ayten.

Press kit download (pdf)

Fatih AKIN

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Contacts and useful links

Production

CORAZÓN INTERNATIONAL GMBH & CO KG - Ditmar-Koel-Str.26, D-20459 Hamburg - T : +49 40 311 82 38 0 - amt@corazon-int.de - www.corazon-int.de ANKA FILM (TURQUIE)

Distribution

PYRAMIDE - T : +33 (0)1 42 96 01 01 - distribution@pyramidefilms.com - www.pyramidefilms.com

French press

LE PUBLIC SYSTEME CINEMA - Bruno Barde / Alexis Delage-Toriel - T : +33 (0)1 41 34 20 32 - www.lepublicsystemecinema.fr

International press

RICHARD LORMAND/ WORLD CINEMA PUBLICITY - RICHARD LORMAND - IntlPress@aol.com - www.filmpressplus.com

Foreign sales

THE MATCH FACTORY GMBH - T : +49 221 292 102 0 - michael.weber@matchfactory.de - www.the-match-factory.com

The Official Selection 2007

In Competition