A la orilla del cielo

2007 | Color | 1h 52

Nejat seems disapproving about his father Ali?s choice to offer a roof to Yeter, a prostitute. But he changes his mind when he discovers she sends money home to her daughter in Turkey. After Yeter?s sudden death, Nejat decides to travel to Istanbul in search of Yeter?s daughter, Ayten, a political activist who has fled the Turkish police to go to Germany, where she meets Lotte. Ayten is arrested, deported and imprisoned in Turkey and Lotte decides to abandon everything to help her.

Country: Alemania, Turquía
Direction: Akin; Fatih
Script: Akin; Fatih
Production: Akin; Fatih, Maeck; Klaus, Thiel; Andreas
Photography: Klausmann; Rainer
Sound: Kailüde; Kailüde
Music: Shantel;
Cast:Davrak; Baki, Köse; Nursel, Yes; Nurgül, Ilçay; Ilçay, Ziolkowska; Patrycia, Kurtiz; Tuncel, Aksu; Nejat, Öztürk; Yeter, Staub; Susanne, Asku; Ali, Öztürk; Ayten, Schygulla; Hanna, Staub; Lotte
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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