“The Edge of Heaven is the movie Babel so badly wanted to be.”  Ann Hornaday - The Washington Post

“What makes the film remarkable is how delicately it whips up its intricate contrivances; what makes it a masterpiece is that it does none of the things we expect with those contrivances.”  Tim Brayton - Antagony & Ecstasy

Fatih Akin is fast becoming one of Germany’s most accomplished directors at a time we are witnessing a resurgence in German cinema.  In this film he depicts a very different Germany from the pre-war and Soviet eras.  East and West are reunited and there is a huge immigrant population - mainly Turkish in origin.  The film explores the clashes between cultures, between parent and child, notions of identity and rebellion, discrimination and reconciliation.  The universal is mixed with the issues of now - individual lives with those of nations.

Experience a different world, share the pain and the joys of lives lived half a world away but, in so many ways, the same as our own.  Enjoy the discovery of a great filmmaker at the height of his powers.

Best Screenplay, Cannes 2007

Best Film, Director, Screenplay and Editing, German Film Awards 2008