
Feature film — 2009
Eden Is West (2009)
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 high-signal pick with 64 votes.
KG Productions / Pathé / France 3 Cinéma / Novo RPI / Medusa Film / Odeon / Finos Film
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Director: Costa-Gavras
On screen
Cast & crew

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
