Eden à l'Ouest (2009)
Release Year: 2009
Alternative Title: El edén en el oeste, Paraíso à Oeste, Edén al Oeste, Eden is West, Paradeisos sti Dysi
Director: Costa-Gavras
Writer: Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg
Production & Genre
Producer: Producer: Costa-Gavras, Manos Krezias, Jérôme Seydoux
Companies: KG Productions, Pathé, France 3 Cinéma, Novo RPI, Medusa Film, Odeon, Finos Film
Genre: drama
Budget: $12,000,000 (estimated).
Awards & Similar
Awards:
Similar: N/A
Keywords
Keywords: alps, begging in the street, brief female full frontal nudity, cardinal direction in title, female full frontal nudity, female guest, female guest has sex with hotel staff, female nudity, female pubic hair, female rear nudity, illegal immigrant, jumping overboard, nudist beach, paris metro, paris opera, perilous journey, place name in title, plumber, scene during opening credits, underwater photography
Story
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.
Summary
Desperate to escape the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a smuggler ship to France. This is the beginning of his odyssey across Western Europe to Paris, where miraculous promises, new friends, and dangers await him at every t...
