Eden Is West
2009 · 110 min · Drama
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.
- Director
- Costa-Gavras
- Writers
- Jean-Claude Grumberg, Costa-Gavras
- Released
- February 11, 2009
- Language
- French
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
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