Eden Is West

Eden Is West

110 mins | Drama | Feb. 11, 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.

Eden Is West

110 mins | Drama | Feb. 11, 2009

Eden Is West
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers CinéCinéma
Original title Eden à l'ouest
Directors Costa-Gavras
Writers Jean-Claude Grumberg, Costa-Gavras

Cast

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

Kristen Ross

as Une amie de Nina

Stella-Melina Vasilaki

as L'hôtesse

Gil Alma

as Bob

Mona Achache

as Marie-Lou

Alexandre Bancel

as Bernard

Igor Raspopov

as Leonid

Ina Tsolakis

as La femme de Leonid

Vitalyk Field

as Le fils de Leonid

David Lowe

as Fred

Ana Paula Aurijo

as Elena

Dylan Talleux

as Assistant Nick Nickelby

Arto Apartian

as Le commerçant du bazar

Tasos Kostis

as Le chauffeur voleur

Dina Mihailidou

as Sofia, la paysanne

Manolis Psychogioudakis

as Le fils de Sofia

Konstantina Hamalaki

as La fille de Sofia

Ieroklis Michaelidis

as L'homme du couple dans la Mercedes

Anny Loulou

as L'épouse du notable

Florian Martens

as Günther, le premier routier

Antoine Monot Jr.

as Karl, le second routier

David Krüger

as Le premier rabatteur de l'usine

Bruno Paviot

as Le deuxième rabatteur de l'usine

Marcel Mankita

as Le contremaître de l'usine

Ahmed Elkourachi

as Un ouvrier

Jian-Zhang

as Kim

Jean-Pierre Gos

as Franz

Jean-Christophe Folly

as Le chanteur / musicien

Alain Aithnard

as L'Africain

Guerassim Dichliev

as Le type dans la douche

Juliette Galoisy

as La caissière

Olivier Chenevat

as Un garde

Sophie Parel

as La jeune femme qui distribue des mouquettes

Isabelle Dunatte

as La dame pipi

Dennis Rezard

as Le contrebassiste de l'orchestre

Costel Mirol

as Le chef gitan

Justin Blanckaert

as Basile, le conducteur de la Jaguar

François Criqui

as Salem, le garagiste

Zirek

as Le compatriote d'Elias

Cyrille Dobbels

as Le voisin à l'asile de nuit

Alexandra Riegel

as Une dame dans le TGV

Alexandra Skira

as Une dame dans le TGV

Antoine Kakou

as Un étudiant dans le TGV

Jean-Benoît Terral

as L'homme de la gare de l'Est

Alain Dzukam Simo

as Le balayeur africain devant la gare de l'Est

Djiby Badiane

as Le marchand d'objets africains

Murali Perumal

as L'Hindou

Frédéric Chau

as L'Asiatique

Aymen Saïdi

as Le petit basané qui donne un coup de boule

Gil Demurger

as Un C.R.S.

Christophe Roblin

as Un C.R.S.

Bonnafet Tarbouriech

as Le serveur de la brasserie

Vincent Andrieu

as Monsieur métro

Emmanuel Ambroise

as Le mendiant aux gobelets

Christophe Dru

as Le policier en rollers

Bruno Lochet

as Yann, un SDF

Yves Alion

as Yann, un SDF

Martine Demaret

as Une SDF

Xavier Maly

as Un policier chez les SDF

Clara Schwartzenberg

as La jeune fille du métro

Jean-Claude Grumberg

as L'homme à la sortie du métro

Michel Robin

as Le portier du Lido

Julie Gavras

as La dame à la poussette

Elias Hamon

as L'enfant dans la poussette

Alban Casterman

as Serveur Terrasse