Eden Is West
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2/11/2009Runtime
110 minsGenres
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Desperate to break free from the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a ramshackle people-smuggling trawler to France. But when the boat is raided by police, Elias leaps into the ocean, eventually finding himself washed up on a Mediterranean beach resort called Eden. So begins Elias odyssesy across Western Europe to Paris, where wondrous promise, helpful new friends and perilous dangers await him every step of the way.
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A bittersweet portrait of desperate aspiration and fragile human connection following a refugee's perilous journey across Europe toward an elusive promised land. The film balances the harshness of Elias's circumstances with moments of unexpected kindness, creating a meditative meditation on displacement and belonging.
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Riccardo Scamarcio
Elias
Éric Caravaca
Jack
Juliane Köhler
Christina
Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
L'ami d'Elias
Ulrich Tukur
Nick Nickelby
Anny Duperey
Dame à la veste
Léa Wiazemsky
Nina
Marissa Triantafyllidou
La directrice de l'Eden Club
Tess Spentzos
Une amie de Nina
Stella-Melina Vasilaki
L'hôtesse
Gil Alma
Bob
Constantine Markoulakis
Yvan
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