The Edge of Heaven: Fatih Akin’s multi-threaded narrative relies too much on coincidence as it tells the story of three interconnected pairs of parent and child, taking place in Germany and Türkiye. The split time doesn’t allow any of the characters to grow on the viewer, but they were not all that sympathetic to begin with. Still, thematically, it is consistent and mildly interesting. Acting is uneven: Tuncel Kurtiz, as a retired man with a still healthy sexual appetite, is fine, displaying some mischief; his son, played by Baki Davrak, is too passive, both as a character and as a performance; Nursel Köse, as a middle-aged prostitute, is fine but not given much space; Nurgül Yesilçay, as her rebelilous and estranged daughter, is irritatingly angry and defiant all the time; Patrycia Ziolkowska is OK as a sympathetic student, and as her mother, Hanna Schygulla is touching. Aesthetically, cinematographer Rainer Klausmann’s work is elegant, and composer Shantel’s musical score is very good.