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The Edge of Heaven

2007 · 122 min

A quietly devastating, intricately woven drama where chance encounters and sudden losses ripple across borders, leaving a lingering ache of grief and fragile reconciliation.

Directed by: Fatih Akin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Baki Davrak, Nurgül Yeşilçay, Patrycia Ziółkowska

Overview: The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: An old man and a prostitute forging a partnership, a young scholar reconciling his past, two young women falling in love, and a mother putting the shattered pieces of her life back together.

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Directed by: Fatih Akin
Genres: Drama
Starring: Baki Davrak, Nurgül Yeşilçay, Patrycia Ziółkowska

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
family
love
identity
fate
Places: big city
small town
prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	9

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