Synopsis
Paul, a teenager in the underground scene of early-nineties Paris, forms a DJ collective with his friends and together they plunge into the nightlife of sex, drugs, and endless music.
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Cast
- Félix de GivryPaul Vallée
- Pauline ÉtienneLouise
- Vincent MacaigneArnaud
- Hugo ConzelmannStan
- Zita HanrotAnaïs
- Roman KolinkaCyril
- Ugo BienvenuQuentin
- Vincent LacosteThomas Bangalter
- Arnaud AzoulayGuy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
- Laurent CazanaveNico (Respect)
Recommendations
- 91
IndieWire
Portraying a generation so energized by possibilities that it was bound to be let down, Eden offers a wise assessment of the interplay between fantasy and reality on the path to adulthood. The seductive rhythms are a perfect match for a movie that analyzes the unstoppable flow of life. - 90
Village Voice
A quiet, raggedly beautiful mini-epic, Eden isn't a success story; it's a failure story. But it's also a glittering acknowledgement of the fact that failing is the only path toward growing. - 83
The Playlist
This isn’t a story of success and fortune, but a slice of life with a personal rhythm and a universal beat. - 83
The A.V. Club
A viewer is always aware that they are being shown a place and an era, which helps explain why Eden manages the tricky business of being a movie that is overtly about lost time, but which unfolds chronologically, without as much as a flashback. - 80
The Guardian
Hansen-Løve has an acute eye for the details of Paul’s world. Glamour is twinned with mundanity, beauty with boorishness and friendship with selfishness, while artistic endeavour is undercut by self-indulgence. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
This graceful, deeply affecting movie has a soulfulness and sweep that mark it as a step forward for Hansen-Løve. - 80
Variety
Hansen-Love, who co-wrote the script along with her former-DJ brother Sven, zeroes in on the signature experiences of ’90s club life with expert precision. - 75
Slant Magazine
Every substrata of music geekdom deserves a period piece as intimate as Eden, Mia Hansen-Løve's swan song for the golden era of French house music.
