That is, the female characters in the film are stultified and their agency eliminated because of religious rule. This Romanian film confronts the perturbing implications of total religious devotion. Aside from the failed relationships, Germany and Turkey are photographed anaemically, reinforcing our sense of the deprivation of living. “The Edge of Heaven” is ultimately weighed down in a sea of quiet frustration. Nonetheless, they are driven apart by external forces, delivering the final death blow to any sense of redemption or contentedness. Meanwhile, Ayten (Nurgul Yesilcay), Yeter’s daughter, and Charlotte (Patrycia Ziolkowska) have the only functional, healthy relationship in the film. Despite his professional success, it is clear that Nejat has a gaping void in his sense of connectedness with other people. Oddly, he makes it his mission to track down Yeter’s daughter. Ali’s son, Nejat (Baki Davrak), seems to be successful he is a German literature professor. The relationship is rather meaningless, essentially representing an ugly last resort for both characters. Ali (Tuncel Kurtiz) demands Yeter (Nursel Kose), a prostitute, to stay with him and only perform sexual acts on him. The characters all have an inner turmoil, or an apparent dissatisfaction with the state of their existence so as to enter into hasty, poorly-developed relationships. Instead, we are forced to confront the depressing relational climate that engulfs the film. Admittedly, there is not much of a story linking the disparate events of the film together. “The Edge of Heaven” is a film fraught with death and fragile human relationships. Indeed, they have also left the audience with similarly indelible experiences, which make us think about the complexity of the human condition and the times in which we live. These films have dealt with a plethora of issues, characters, and settings in which such negative feelings have been felt. In this way, it seems fitting that there have been a lot of films this century that deal with this collective experience of hopelessness, loss, and sadness. Accordingly, there has been a steady rise in unemployment, and a wave of global suffering that works to bring us all down. This has been the result of many social factors, such as the impact of social media. Some have claimed that the 21st century has seen increased levels of isolation and depression.
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