HEAD ON: The Films of Fatih Akin
Germany/Turkey/Italy 2006/2007, 122 min., German (with English subtitles)
Writer-Director: Fatih Akin, Cinematography: Rainer Klausmann, Editor: Andrew Bird, Music: Shantel, Producers: Andreas Thiel, Klaus Maeck, Fatih Akin, Starring: Baki Davrak, Nursel Köse, Hanna Schygulla, Tuncel Kurtiz, Nurgül Yesilcay, Patrycia Ziolkowska, Yelda Reynaud
Six characters from Turkey and Germany are drawn together by circumstances that, unknown to each of them, connects them all-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. Akin’s piercing sense of the human condition and contemporary world events charge these hyperlinked stories into a multi-cultural powder keg. This critically acclaimed second chapter in Akin's LOVE, DEATH and DEVIL trilogy weaves overlapping tales of friendship and sexuality into a powerful narrative of universal love
THE EDGE OF HEAVEN is the second chapter of Fatih Akin’s LOVE, DEATH and DEVIL trilogy, and is presented at the Goethe-Institut as part of a 7 film series
HEAD ON: The Films of Fatih Akin.
HEAD ON and THE CUT, also presented in this series, complete the trilogy.
AWARDS AND FESTIVALS:
German Film Awards 2008
Outstanding Feature Film, Best Direction, Best Screenplay, Best Editing
German Film Critics Association Awards 2008
Best Editing
Ankara International Film Festival 2008
Best Editing, Best Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress
Bavarian Film Awards 2008
Best Director
Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival 2007
Best Director, Best Editing, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Special Jury Award for Fatih Akin
Cannes Film Festival 2007
Best Screenplay, Prize of Ecumenical Jury for Fatih Akin
European Film Awards 2007
European Screenwriter
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