Eden Is West (2009)
| Release Date | 11 February 2009 |
| Budget | $12,000,000 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | FranceGreeceItaly |
| Filming Locations | Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris 8, Paris, France |
| Language | French, German, Greek, English |
| Color | Color |
Eden Is West (French: ) is a 2009 film by Greek-French director Costa-Gavras about an illegal immigrant called Elias who tries to get to Paris. The original title in Greek is “Paradissos sti Dysi” (“Paradise in West”) and since it is a Greek-French production, the also original French title is “Eden à l'ouest'. The nationality of the central hero is not disclosed because Gavras wants to make a point about the odysseys of the illegal immigrants of any nationality, since he himself was an immigrant 50 years ago in France, before he became a well known director. His hero seems to tolerate the sea, the cold of snowy mountains and the hunger, the rapists and robbers he meets, the cops that are after him all the time, the racists who push him aside, the fellow immigrants who steal his clothes and in the best case the women who see him as a lover they could also take advantage of. His only comfort is his dream of Paris and, in the complexity of human condition, the good within the evil and vice versa.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos
L'ami d' Elias
Léa Wiazemsky
Nina - une vacancière
Tess Spentzos
Un amie de Nina
Kristen Ross
Une amie de Nina
Stella-Melina Vasilaki
L'hôtesse
Gil Alma
Bob
Eric Caravaca
Jack - le directeur adjoint de l'Eden Club
Marissa Triandafyllidou
La directrice de l'Eden Club
Konstandinos Markoulakis
Yvan
Mona Achache
Mari-Lou
Alexandre Bancel
Bernard
Igor Raspopov
Leonid
Ina Tsolakis
La femme de Leonid
Vitalyk Field
Le fils de Leonid
David Lowe
Fred - le vacancier américain
Ana Paula Aurijo
Elena
Dylan Talleux
Assistant Nick Nickelby
Arto Apartian
Le commerçant du bazar
Tasos Kostis
Le chauffeur voleur
Dina Mihailidou
Sofia - une paysanne qui aide Elias
Manolis Psychogioudakis
Le fils de Sofia
Konstantina Hamalaki
La fille de Sofia
Anny Loulou
L'épouse du notable
Florian Martens
Günther - un routier allemand
Antoine Monot Jr.
Karl - un routier allemand
David Kruger
Le premier rabatteur de l'usine
Bruno Paviot
Le deuxième rabatteur de l' usine
Marcel Mankita
Le contremaître de l'usine
Ahmed Elkourachi
Un ouvrier
Jian-Zhang
Kim
Jean-Pierre Gos
Franz
Jean-Christophe Folly
Le chanteur, musicien
Alain Aithnard
L'Africain
Guerassim Dichliev
Le type dans la douche
Juliette Galoisy
La caissière
Olivier Chenevat
Un garde
Sophie Parel
La jeune femme qui distribue dss mouquettes
Isabelle Dunatte
La dame pipi
Dennis Rezard
Le contrebassiste de l' orchestre
Costel Mirol
Le chef gitan
Justin Blanckaert
Basile - le conducteur de la Jaguar
François Criqui
Salem - un garagiste
Ahmet Ziyrek
Le compatriote d'Elias
Cyrille Dobbels
Le voisin à l'asile de nuit
Alexandra Riegel
Une dame dans le TGV
Alexandra Skira
Une dame dans le TGV
Antoine Kakou
Un étudiant dans le TGV
Jean-Benoît Terral
L'homme de la gare de l'Est
Alain Dzukam Simo
Le balayeur africain devant la gare de l'Est
Djiby Badiane
Le marchand d'objets africains
Murali Perumal
L'Hindou
Frédéric Chau
L'Asiatique
Aymen Saïdi
Le petit basané qui donne un coup de boule
Gil Demurger
Un C.R.S.
Christophe Roblin
Un C.R.S.
Bonnafet Tarbouriech
Le serveur de la brasserie
Vincent Andrieu
Le monsieur qui donne la direction à l'entrée du métro
Emmanuel Ambroise
Le mendiant aux gobelets
Christophe Dru
Le policier en rollers
Bruno Lochet
Yann - un SDF
Yves Alion
Un SDF
Martine Demaret
Une SDF
Xavier Maly
Un policier chez les SDF
Clara Schwartzenberg
La jeune fille du métro
Jean-Claude Grumberg
L'homme à la sortie du métro
Michel Robin
Le portier du Lido
Julie Gavras
La dame à la poussette
Elias Hamon
L'enfant dans la poussette
Amicale Des Alsaciens Et Des Lorrains
Le groupe folklorique alsacien
Harmonie Municipale De Melun
La fanfare au marché
Director
Producer
Jean-Claude Grumberg
writer
Salem Brahimi
co-producer
Nikos Doukas
executive producer
Léonard Glowinski
co-producer
Manos Krezias
producer
Kostas Lambropoulos
executive producer
Michèle Ray-Gavras
line producer
Dionyssis Samiotis
co-producer
Jérôme Seydoux
producer
Original Music
Armand Amar
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Cinematographer
Patrick Blossier
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Editor
Yannick Kergoat
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Casting Director
Sotiria Marini
Marie-France Michel
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Sabine Schroth
Production Designer
Alexandre Bancel
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Art Director
Konstadinos Papageorgiou
Costume Designer
Mathé Pontanier
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Ioulia Stavridou
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Production Manager
Nikos Doukas
production manager
Laurence Lafiteau
unit production manager
Florence Masset
production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Véronique Bréchot
third assistant director
Victor Holl
additional assistant director
Joseph Rapp
first assistant director
Dylan Talleux
second assistant director
Sound Department
Thanassis Arvanitis
sound
Thomas Desjonquères
supervising sound editor
Guillaume D'Ham
dialogue editor
Assia Dnednia
foley assistant
Michel Filippi
adr supervisor
Thomas Gauder
sound re-recording mixer
Visual Effects
César Chiffre
visual effects
Stunts
Frédéric Vallet
stunt coordinator
Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Blanckaert
first assistant camera
François Criqui
grip
Maéva Drecq
video assistant
Cyril Girard
additional electrician
Bakogiannis Kostas
electrician
Michael Tsimperopoulos
Steadicam operator, aerial camera operator, second assistant camera, camera operator
Didier Versolatto
gaffer
Panagiotis Vougioukas
Steadicam assistant
Casting Department
Emmanuela Fragiadaki
casting
Editorial Department
Frederic Jupin
digital conformation
Yorgos Lamprinos
assistant editor
Raymond Terrentin
colorist
Music Department
Camille Adrien
composer: additional music
Sylvain Morizet
musician: pianist
Emilie Ruby
pianist
Other Crew
Angeliki Arvanitis
script supervisor
Nicolas Boulenger
helicopter pilot
Grégoory Malheiro
press attache
Dominique Segall
press attache
Production Company
K.G. Productions
Odeon
Pathé Cinéma
Canal+
France 3 Cinéma
Ciné Cinémas
Nova
France 3 (FR 3)
Hellenic Radio & Television (ERT)
Greek Film Center
Région Ile-de-France
East Media Services
Canal+ [fr]
Medusa Film
Finos Film
Greek National Tourist Office and Ministry of Culture, The
CL Productions
Distributor
Bir Film
Jump Street Films
Medusa Distribuzione
Monopole-Pathé
Odeon
Pathé Cinéma
Pathé
Special Effects
L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.)
Miscellaneous
Le Vestiaire
costume rental
Maratier
costumes
Medusa
publicity: Italy
Moteur!
public relations
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