Eden Is West
2009 · Movie · 110 min · ★ 6.2 · 83% critics
Desperate to escape poverty, Elias leaves his homeland aboard a ramshackle people-smuggling trawler bound for France. After a police raid forces him into the ocean, he washes up at a beach resort and sets off on a perilous journey across Western Europe toward Paris.
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Details
- Original title
- Eden à l'ouest
- Years
- 2009
- Release date
- 2009-02-11
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Max quality
- SD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (62 votes)
About
If you want a tense, emotionally driven escape story with constant danger and surprising kindness, you may like Eden Is West; Not for you if you prefer lighter, comfort-first drama or a less perilous road to freedom like Capital.
Pros: harrowing journey; memorable hope; urgent tension | Cons: bleak outlook; perilous pacing
Cast & crew
Riccardo Scamarcio
as Elias
Éric Caravaca
as Jack
Juliane Köhler
as Christina
Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
as L'ami d'Elias
Ulrich Tukur
as Nick Nickelby
Anny Duperey
as Dame à la veste
Léa Wiazemsky
as Nina
Marissa Triantafyllidou
as La directrice de l'Eden Club
Tess Spentzos
as Une amie de Nina
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Stella-Melina Vasilaki
as L'hôtesse
Directed by Costa-Gavras