Auf der anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven)
2007
****½
Director: Fatih Akin
Cast: Baki Davrak, Nurgül Yeşilçay, Hanna Schygulla, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Tuncel Kurtiz
In his follow-up to the excellent Gegen die Wand, Fatih Akin weaves a stunning story of two generations of three families (one German and two Turkish) whose lives are connected by coincidence. It's about the divide between parents and children, anger and forgiveness, and Germany and Turkey. Although the section titles reveal upcoming character deaths, the gripping story keeps you guessing until the end.
