The Edge of Heaven (German: Auf der anderen Seite, literally On the Other Side, Turkish: Yaşamın Kıyısında) is a 2007 Turkish-German drama written and directed by Fatih Akın.

Retired widower Ali Aksu (Tuncel Kurtiz), a Turkish immigrant living in the German city of Bremen, believes he has found a solution to his loneliness when he meets Yeter Öztürk (Nursel Köse).

Nejat travels to Istanbul to search for Yeter's daughter, Ayten (Nurgül Yeşilçay), and assumes responsibility for her education.

When he posts a flyer in a small German language bookstore that happens to be for sale, he finds himself charmed into buying it.

A hooded figure scoops it up and is pursued on foot by a battalion of uniformed officers, barely managing to hide the contraband on a random rooftop.

Lotte, a university student, offers to help her with food, clothes, and a place to stay—a gesture which is not particularly welcomed by her mother, Susanne.

The quest is cut short when a traffic stop exposes Ayten's illegal status and she attempts a claim of political asylum.

Susanne asks Nejat about the story behind a Bayram festival they hear about, learning that it commemorates Ibrahim's sacrifice of his son Ishmael.

Filming took place in Bremen and Hamburg, Germany; at Taksim and Kadıköy in Istanbul; and on the Black Sea coast in Trabzon, Turkey.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Evocative and complex, this story of struggling immigrants in Germany will stay with you after you leave the theater.

"[4] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 85 out of 100, based on 26 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".