The Edge of Heaven (2007)
Directed by Fatih Akin
Six lives cross between Bremen and Istanbul: a professor goes to Turkey to find the daughter of a woman his father killed, while that daughter, a young activist, has fled to Germany and fallen in love.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Ali's house≈ 00:03:00Bremen, GermanyStated on screen
Ali hires the prostitute Yeter to live with him; after a quarrel he kills her.
- 2German bookshop≈ 00:25:00Istanbul, TurkeyStated on screen
Nejat brings Yeter's coffin to Turkey, buys a German bookshop in Istanbul and searches for her daughter.
- 2May Day riot≈ 00:40:00Istanbul, TurkeyInferred
Ayten grabs a gun during a street riot, then flees the country as her cell is raided.
- 3Lotte's mother's house≈ 00:45:00Bremen, GermanyStated on screen
Ayten, living illegally and searching for her mother, becomes Lotte's lover; her asylum claim fails.
- 4Prison and Nejat's bookshop≈ 01:05:00Istanbul, TurkeyStated on screen
- 5Nejat's bookshop≈ 01:25:00Istanbul, TurkeyStated on screen
- 6Beach by Ali's house≈ 01:48:00Trabzon, TurkeyStated on screen
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 6,966 km
- Places
- 3
- Countries
- 2
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 4,043 km
- Plane: 2,022 km
- Car: 901 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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