The Edge of Heaven- A mélange of emotions

The movie “the Edge of Heaven” is an unusual deft story written and directed by Faith Akin. This dramatic movie is actually a German movie with original title “Auf der anderen Seite“. The film won the Prix Au Scenerio award in very renowned Cannes film fetival and also it has been shown in several international film festivals. The achievement of 18 wins and 6 nominations makes it enough worthy to be a must watch movie. Cast of the movie includes Nurgül Yesilçay, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowska and Nursel Kose.

The story starts with a guy, Nejat, a German professor and his father who falls in love with a prostitute, Yeter. This love affair is not acceptable to his son. Later on, he comes to know the true heart of her and falls in love with her. However, this affection separates him from his father. After the death of Yeter, he decides to go to Istanbul where Yeter’s daughter Ayten is studying, in order to help her in university studies. But, he is unknown of the fact that political activist, Ayten, is already in Germany in search of her mother, who she thinks is a shoemaker. There she meets Lotte, a German student, who falls in love with the beautiful Turkish woman. After that under different circumstances and twists, Ayeten gets imprisoned and finally meets Nejat.

The Edge of Heaven is a very beautifully structured sentimental story of six people, who keep on rotating in between Germany and Turkey. This 122 minutes movie can be watched with English subtitles as well. The Dolby digital sound effect and extravagant performance of all the artists makes it a super hit and must watch for everyone.