Eden

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Eden is a French drama directed by Mia Hansen-Løve from a script she wrote with her brother Sven, a DJ whose life inspired the film’s plot. Eden premiered at TIFF last year to generally positive reviews. The film stars Félix de Givry, Hugo Conzelmann, Roman Kolinka, and Pauline Etienne.

In the 90’s, french electronic music is developing at a fast pace. In the exciting Paris nightlife, Paul is taking his first steps as a DJ. With his best friend he creates a duo called “Cheers”, and they rapidly find their audience. They are quickly caught up in a euphoric and short-lived rise to fame and Paul, blinded by his passion, overlooks his own life. Eden retraces the steps of the “french touch” generation from 1992 to today, a generation that still enjoys outstanding international success thanks to musicians like Daft Punk, Dimitri from Paris and Cassius…

Hansen-Løve was keen to ensure the film didn’t glamourize the DJ life. “I wanted to anchor the movie in the real world, not a fantasy world. My brother and I were deeply attached to that realism, even though it would have been easier to stick to cliché and a bubbly depiction of life as a DJ.”

Eden is rated 14A.