Auf der anderen Seite

2007 [GERMAN]

Drama

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 90% · 78 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 89% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.7/10 10 35705 35.7K

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Plot summary

The lives of six German-Turkish immigrants are drawn together by circumstance: 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.

Director

Fatih Akin Photo
Fatih Akin

Top cast

Önder Çakar Photo
Önder Çakar as Riza Bey
Hanna Schygulla Photo
Hanna Schygulla as Susanne Staub
Idil Üner Photo
Idil Üner as Ärztin
Nurgül Yesilçay Photo
Nurgül Yesilçay as Ayten Öztürk
720p.BLU
1.04 GB
1280*720
Turkish 2.0
Not Rated
Subtitles ro  
25 fps
1 hr 55 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

This is quite a powerful full-circle drama that

This is quite a powerful full-circle drama that starts with a young but uninspired college professor “Nejat” (Baki Davrak) who disapproves of his widowed father (Tuncel Kurtis) inviting his prostitute friend to be his live-in lover. “Yeter” (Nursel Köse) isn’t just on the game for drugs and her pimp, she is determined that her daughter back home in Turkey will get the education she was denied and so have better prospects. “Nejat” respects that and soon the pair are getting along better - to the chagrin of the father whose erratic behaviour causes a tragic occurrence that sees him incarcerated and estranged from his son. Concerned for her well-being, “Nejat” now travels to Turkey to try to track down “Ayten” (Nurgül Yesilçay), a young woman whom we know has already befriended “Lotte” (Patrycia Ziolkowska) in Germany. “Ayten” isn’t legal and she is deported, but to a Turkey that considers her a member of a banned organisation and so, now she is imprisoned, “Lotte” sets off after her - despite the protestations of her mother “Susanne” (Hanna Schygulla). Guess whom “Lotte” ends up sharing an apartment with? Yep, told you it was cyclical. What’s more engaging here is that though each story is connected, there is a surprising lack of the contrived as the stories seamlessly morph from the light-hearted to the more serious and switch from nation to nation. It illustrates cultural, sexual and political distinctions without ramming them down our throats and though perhaps it does linger longer on the “Lotte” and “Ayten” story than I felt it needed, it’s an at times poignant look at what really matters in life.
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Reviewed by Superunknovvn 8 / 10

Best German movie I have seen in a long time

"Auf der anderen Seite" is the first Faith Akin-movie I have seen, and I was surprised by how balanced and mature it was. Looking at Akin's young age and the "gang"-background of his youth, I was expecting something much louder, more brutal, more explicit, more devastating. What "Auf der anderen Seite" is, is a deeply humanistic and thoughtful movie.

The thing that I loved most about it, is that every single character is written so well. No one is a villain or a bad person per se, they're all just human, struggling to do what they think is right. The actors and actresses portraying these characters are fabulous. I've rarely seen such convincing and natural performances.

Finally, the story itself is original, unagitated and beautiful. The individual plot lines don't come together as you think they would or as you think it might be best for the characters. When the movie ends, you will find that everything did resolve in a way. It's hard to explain it, if you haven't seen it. Let's just say this: "Auf der anderen Seite" doesn't have the average Hollywood-solution, but it will leave you with a lot to think about when the credits quietly start running.

This movie really impressed me, and I can't wait to finally see Akin's other works. Apparently Germany's finally got a really interesting filmmaker deserving of all the praise he gets.

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