The Edge of Heaven

2007. Germany/Turkey. Written and directed by Fatih Akin. With Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nursel Kose, Nurgul Yesilcay. The lives of six characters—two mothers, two daughters, a father, and a son— intermingle as a series of love affairs, coincidences, chance encounters, and tragedies sends them back and forth between Turkey and Germany. Akin’s contemplative, compassionate vision of the collision between East and West garnered him the Best Screenplay award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. 120 min.