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Edge of heaven (The)

  • De l'autre côté (Auf der anderen seite)
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
Original title : Do Outro Lado (Brésil)
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2007
Format : Feature
Running time : 122 (in minutes)

Sinopse:
O longa acompanha a história de diversos personagens. Entre eles, umjovemturco professor de literatura alemã que simpatiza com a namorada de seu pai, uma prostituta, e da filha da mulher, lésbica que precisa lidar coma resistência da mãe ao seu relacionamento.Do mesmo diretor de "Atravessando a Ponte -OSomde Istambul", exibido na 29ª Mostra de São Paulo (Brasil).

Produção: Alemanha/Turquia, 2007.122min. 12 anos.
Direção: Fatih Akin.
Elenco: Nurgul Yesilcay, Baki Davrak e Tuncel Kurtiz.


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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.


Credits
Fatih AKIN - Director
Fatih AKIN - Screenplay
Rainer KLAUSMANN - Cinematography
Tamo KUNZ - Set Designer
Sirma BRADLEY - Set Designer
SHANTEL - Music
Andrew BIRD - Film Editor
Kai LÜDE - Sound


ACTORS
* Tuncel KURTIZ - ALI AKSU
* Nursel KÖSE - YETER ÖZTÜRK
* Patrycia ZIOLKOWSKA - LOTTE STAUB
* Hanna SCHYGULLA - SUSANNE STAUB
* Nurgül YESILCAY - AYTEN ÖZTÜRK
* Baki DAVRAK - NEJAT AKSU


Contacts and useful links

Production:
CORAZÓN INTERNATIONAL GMBH & CO KG (GERMANY)
ANKA FILM (TURKEY)

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.com

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

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

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