"'The Edge of Heaven' ('Auf der anderen Seite des Lebens'), directed by Fatih Akin
Germany-Turkey (Competition)
International sales: The Match Factory GmbH
Fatih Akin's much-admired 2004 Berlin winner 'Head-On' is the first of a planned trilogy of films on love, death and the devil. If 'Head-On' was about embattled love, 'The Edge of Heaven' chronicles the lives of six characters who are all united by death: Nejat (Baki Devrak), his widower father Ali (Tuncel Kurtiz), Yeter, his prostitute girlfriend (Nursel Koese), her Turkish daughter Ayten (Nurgel Yesilcay), her German friend Lotte (Patrycia Ziokowska) and Lotte's mother Susanne (Fassbinder regular Hanna Schygulla). One industry insider noted the screenplay is supposed to be excellent. Produced by Corazon International (backers of Akin's last two films 'Crossing the Bridge' and 'Head On'), 'Edge of Heaven' could be a hard sell with U.S. buyers ('Head On' was a very modest success for Strand Releasing), but watch for the German-Turkish drama to be a potential critics' darling."
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