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Eden Is West (2009)

  • Feb 11, 2009
  • 1h 50m

6.2/10

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64 votes on TMDB

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About This Movie

Eden Is West is a 2009 drama film directed by Costa-Gavras. Its leading cast includes Riccardo Scamarcio, Éric Caravaca and Juliane Köhler. It runs for 1 hour 50 minutes. Its original language is French.

Synopsis

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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Time needed
1 hour 50 minutes
Language
French (subtitles or a dub may be needed)
Audience signal
6.2/10 from 64 TMDB votes

Trailer

EDEN À L'OUEST EDEN IS WEST Trailer · plays from YouTube

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Cast

  • 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
  • Mona Achache Marie-Lou
  • Alexandre Bancel Bernard
  • Igor Raspopov Leonid
  • Ina Tsolakis La femme de Leonid
  • Vitalyk Field Le fils de Leonid
  • David Lowe Fred

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