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The Edge of Heaven

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Drama: Relationships & Romance

28/11/2010

BBC Four - The Edge of Heaven

Drama about the search for a female Turkish activist who has illegally entered Germany.

Oscar-nominated drama. A man travels to Turkey to hunt for the daughter of his elderly father's late girlfriend, but discovers that she has already smuggled herself into Germany.

Ali is an elderly Turkish widower living in Hamburg and plagued by loneliness. He offers to pay prostitute Yetar to live with him, but their relationship soon runs into trouble. When Yetar dies, Ali's son Nejat travels back to Turkey in an effort to track down her missing daughter, Ayten. But Ayten can't be traced, as she is now a political activist who is fleeing arrest in Turkey by illegally entering Germany.

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