The edge of heaven
Akin, Fatih2008
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Turkish slice-of-life drama about a retired widower who takes in a prostitute despite the misgivings of his son. When German citizen, Ali (Tuncel Kurtiz), offers a low-rent room to local prostitute, Yeter (Nursel Kose), to ease his loneliness, his professor son, Nejat (Baki Davrak), thinks his father has gone too far. Soon, however, after learning that she sends the money she earns back home to Turkey to pay for her daughter's university studies, Nejat's initial disapproval of Yeter turns to acceptance, and finally fondness. When Yeter is accidentally killed, Nejat travels to Turkey to try to track down her activist daughter Ayten (Nurgul Yesilcay), unaware that she has already left for Germany, fleeing the Turkish authorities.
Main title:
The edge of heaven / director, Fatih Akin; producer, Fatih Akin; producer, Klaus Maeck; producer, Andreas Thiel; producer, Jeanette Wurl; writer, Fatih Akin.
Imprint:
Artificial Eye, 2008.
Collation:
1 videodisc (121 min.) : col.
Notes:
Region 2, 1 disc(s), Ratio (1:1.78 (16:9) widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (Turkish, German, English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles (English), Bonus footage, Trailers, Interviews (Fatih Akin (Director)), Other documentaries ('Diary of a Travelling Filmmaker')Made in 2007.Cast: Nurgul Yesilcay, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Nursel Kose, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Yelda Reynaud.Credits: music, Shantel.Turkish slice-of-life drama about a retired widower who takes in a prostitute despite the misgivings of his son. When German citizen, Ali (Tuncel Kurtiz), offers a low-rent room to local prostitute, Yeter (Nursel Kose), to ease his loneliness, his professor son, Nejat (Baki Davrak), thinks his father has gone too far. Soon, however, after learning that she sends the money she earns back home to Turkey to pay for her daughter's university studies, Nejat's initial disapproval of Yeter turns to acceptance, and finally fondness. When Yeter is accidentally killed, Nejat travels to Turkey to try to track down her activist daughter Ayten (Nurgul Yesilcay), unaware that she has already left for Germany, fleeing the Turkish authorities.DVDN.ART377DVD.
Credits:
Cast: Nurgul Yesilcay, Baki Davrak, Tuncel Kurtiz, Hanna Schygulla, Nursel Kose, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Yelda Reynaud.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
ISBN:
MM00143305 (invalid)
Dewey class:
791.437E
Language:
English
BRN:
2471445
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