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Eden
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mia Hansen-Løve
Written by	Mia Hansen-Løve; Sven Hansen-Løve;
Produced by	Charles Gillibert
Starring	Félix de Givry; Pauline Etienne; Hugo Conzelmann; Roman Kolinka; Vincent Macaigne; Greta Gerwig; Laura Smet; Golshifteh Farahani; Vincent Lacoste; Arnaud Azoulay; Zita Hanrot; Paul Spera; Ugo Bienvenu; Laurent Cazanave; Sigrid Bouaziz; Léa Rougeron; Olivia Ross; Pierre-François Garel; David Blot; François Buot; Ludovic Bergery; Clara 3000; Tony Humphries; La India; Arnold Jarvis; Terry Hunter; Arsinée Khanjian; Brady Corbet;
Cinematography	Denis Lenoir
Edited by	Marion Monnier
Music by	Daft Punk; Joe Smooth; Frankie Knuckles; Terry Hunter
Production; companies	CG Cinéma; Canal+; OCS;
Distributed by	Ad Vitam Distribution
Release dates	5 September 2014 (TIFF); 19 November 2014 (France);
Running time	131 minutes
Country	France
Languages	French; English
Budget	$5.2 million
Box office	$507,914

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Eden is a 2014 French drama film directed by Mia Hansen-Løve and co-written with Sven Hansen-Løve. The film stars Félix de Givry and Pauline Etienne. The film premiered in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.^[2] It was also screened in the 52nd edition of the New York Film Festival^[3] and the BFI London Film Festival.^[4] The film's U.S. theatrical release was 19 June 2015.^[5] It was the first film to be released by Broad Green Pictures.

Plot

Paul Vallée, a young French student, enjoys going to raves. He eventually partners with his friend Stan to form a DJ duo called Cheers around the same time as two of his other friends Guy-Man and Thomas form the DJ duo Daft Punk. He is hoping to become a writer, but he gradually abandons his thesis as his DJing career takes off. In 2001, he and his friend Cyril are invited to New York to DJ at MoMA PS1, but Cyril refuses to go, having finally decided to commit to the graphic novel he had wanted to write. Paul's time in New York is a success, but upon his return he learns that Cyril committed suicide shortly after completing the work.

For a while, Paul is a successful DJ, but by 2006 his spending begins to catch up with him as his audience shrinks. He turns to his mother to keep him financially afloat. As his life begins to crumble, he runs into an old girlfriend, Louise. He hopes they can reconnect romantically, but she informs him that she had had an abortion after becoming pregnant with their child. Paul has a nervous breakdown and confesses to his mother that he is addicted to cocaine and is deeply in debt.

By 2013, Paul has managed to rehabilitate his life and works for a vacuum repair company by day, while attending a creative writing workshop by night. At one of the workshop sessions, he talks to a young girl who asks him what he does. When he tells her he is a former DJ who specialized in garage music, she admits that the only techno she listens to is Daft Punk. Later, Paul goes to a club where he sees Guy-Man and Thomas again.

Cast

Félix de Givry as Paul
Pauline Étienne as Louise
Vincent Macaigne as Arnaud
Hugo Conzelmann as Stan
Zita Hanrot as Anaïs
Roman Kolinka as Cyril
Ugo Bienvenu as Quentin
Paul Spera as Guillaume
Greta Gerwig as Julia
Laurent Cazanave as Nico
Vincent Lacoste as Thomas
Arnaud Azoulay as Guy-Man
Sigrid Bouaziz as Anne-Claire
Golshifteh Farahani as Yasmin
Laura Smet as Margot
Brady Corbet as Larry
Claire Tran as Midori

Production

The film is loosely based on Mia Hansen-Løve's brother Sven's life. In addition to being the inspiration behind the film he also co-wrote the script.

The film took three years to be produced in part because obtaining the rights to the music was so expensive. Hansen-Løve went through two different producers over the course of the pre-production process and was only able to obtain the necessary rights to license the music after Daft Punk agreed to license their music for the lowest possible fee causing other musicians to join them.^[6]

Filming began in November 2013 and was completed on 31 January 2014.^[7]^[8]

Reception

Eden received generally positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 84% based on 97 reviews and an average rating of 7.4/10. The consensus statement reads, "Eden uses 1990s club culture as the appropriately intoxicating backdrop for a sensitive, low-key look at aging and the price of pursuing one's dreams."^[9] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".^[10]

On The Guardian's "The 100 best films of the 21st century" list, Eden is ranked 90th.^[11]

References

^ "Eden". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 29, 2017.
^ "Toronto Film Festival Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
^ "Eden". Film Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ "Eden". BFI. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
^ Payne, Chris. "Daft Punk-Inspired Film 'Eden' Drops Trailer: Get Your Parisian Rave On". Billboard. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
^ Kinos-Goodin, Jesse (Sep 11, 2014). "TIFF 2014: Daft Punk's surprising role in French house music movie Eden". Retrieved 25 September 2014.
^ "Mia Hansen-Love Helming Dance World Saga 'Eden' Starring Brady Corbet and Greta Gerwig". Indiewire. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "Kinology Embarks On Mia Hansen-Love's 'Eden'". Variety. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
^ "Eden (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 15, 2018.
^ "Eden (2015) Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
^ "The 100 best films of the 21st century". The Guardian. September 13, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

External links

Eden at IMDb
Official website(in French)

[1] "Eden". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 29, 2017.

[Indiewire-2] "Toronto Film Festival Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 22 July 2014.

[3] "Eden". Film Society of Lincoln Center. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[4] "Eden". BFI. Retrieved 18 September 2014.

[5] Payne, Chris. "Daft Punk-Inspired Film 'Eden' Drops Trailer: Get Your Parisian Rave On". Billboard. Retrieved 14 May 2015.

[6] Kinos-Goodin, Jesse (Sep 11, 2014). "TIFF 2014: Daft Punk's surprising role in French house music movie Eden". Retrieved 25 September 2014.

[7] "Mia Hansen-Love Helming Dance World Saga 'Eden' Starring Brady Corbet and Greta Gerwig". Indiewire. 4 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[8] "Kinology Embarks On Mia Hansen-Love's 'Eden'". Variety. 16 January 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2014.

[9] "Eden (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved February 15, 2018.

[10] "Eden (2015) Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

[11] "The 100 best films of the 21st century". The Guardian. September 13, 2019. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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+{{short description|2014 film}}
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 | name           = Eden
 | image          = Eden (2014 film) POSTER.jpg
-| caption        = Film poster
+| caption        = Theatrical release poster
 | director       = [[Mia Hansen-Løve]]
-| producer       = Charles Gillibert <br> Jimmy Price
+| producer       = Charles Gillibert
-| writer         = Mia Hansen-Løve <br> Sven Hansen-Løve
+| writer         = {{Plainlist|
+* Mia Hansen-Løve
+* Sven Hansen-Løve
+}}
-| starring       = Félix de Givry<br>[[Pauline Etienne]]<br />[[Golshifteh Farahani]]
+| starring       = {{Plainlist|
+* Félix de Givry
+* [[Pauline Etienne]]
+* Hugo Conzelmann
+* Roman Kolinka
+* [[Vincent Macaigne]]
+* [[Greta Gerwig]]
+* [[Laura Smet]]
+* [[Golshifteh Farahani]]
+* [[Vincent Lacoste]]
+* Arnaud Azoulay
+* [[Zita Hanrot]]
+* Paul Spera
+* Ugo Bienvenu
+* Laurent Cazanave
+* Sigrid Bouaziz
+* Léa Rougeron
+* Olivia Ross
+* Pierre-François Garel
+* David Blot
+* François Buot
+* Ludovic Bergery
+* Clara 3000
+* [[Tony Humphries (musician)|Tony Humphries]]
+* [[La India]]
+* Arnold Jarvis
+* [[Terry Hunter]]
+* [[Arsinée Khanjian]]
+* [[Brady Corbet]]
+}}<!--PER POSTER BILLING BLOCK-->
 | music          = [[Daft Punk]]<br>[[Joe Smooth]]<br>[[Frankie Knuckles]]<br>[[Terry Hunter]]
 | cinematography = [[Denis Lenoir]]
 | editing        = [[Marion Monnier]]
-| studio         = CG Cinéma
+| studio         = {{Plainlist|
+* CG Cinéma
+* [[Groupe Canal+|Canal+]]
-| distributor    = Ad Vitam Distribution
+* OCS
-| released       = {{Film date|2014|9|5|[[2014 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2014|11|19|France|2015|6|19|U.S.|df=yes}}
+}}
+| distributor    = [[Ad Vitam (company)|Ad Vitam Distribution]]
+| released       = {{Film date|2014|9|5|[[2014 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|2014|11|19|France|df=yes}}
 | runtime        = 131 minutes
 | country        = France
 | language       = French<br>English
-| budget         =
+| budget         = $5.2 million
+| gross          = $507,914<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eden.htm|title=Eden|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|accessdate=July 29, 2017}}</ref>
-| gross          =
 }}
-'''''Eden''''' is a 2014 French drama film directed by [[Mia Hansen-Løve]] and co-written with Sven Hansen-Løve. The film stars Félix de Givry and [[Pauline Etienne]]. The film premiered in the Special Presentations section of the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="Indiewire">{{cite web |url=http://variety.com/2014/film/news/tiff-toronto-intl-film-festival-gala-special-presentations-1201266480/ |title=Toronto Film Festival Lineup |accessdate=22 July 2014 |work=Variety}}</ref> It was also screened in the 52nd edition of the [[New York Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2014/films/eden |title=Eden |accessdate=18 September 2014 |work=Film Society of Lincoln Center}}</ref> and the [[BFI London Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=eden |title=Eden |accessdate=18 September 2014 |work=BFI}}</ref> The film's U.S. theatrical release was 19 June 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Payne|first1=Chris|title=Daft Punk-Inspired Film 'Eden' Drops Trailer: Get Your Parisian Rave On|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6568213/daft-punk-eden-film-trailer|website=Billboard|accessdate=14 May 2015}}</ref>
+'''''Eden''''' is a 2014 French drama film directed by [[Mia Hansen-Løve]] and co-written with Sven Hansen-Løve. The film stars Félix de Givry and [[Pauline Etienne]]. The film premiered in the Special Presentations section of the [[2014 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="Indiewire">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/tiff-toronto-intl-film-festival-gala-special-presentations-1201266480/ |title=Toronto Film Festival Lineup |accessdate=22 July 2014 |work=Variety}}</ref> It was also screened in the 52nd edition of the [[New York Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2014/films/eden |title=Eden |accessdate=18 September 2014 |work=Film Society of Lincoln Center}}</ref> and the [[BFI London Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lff/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=eden |title=Eden |accessdate=18 September 2014 |work=BFI}}</ref> The film's U.S. theatrical release was 19 June 2015.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Payne|first1=Chris|title=Daft Punk-Inspired Film 'Eden' Drops Trailer: Get Your Parisian Rave On|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/6568213/daft-punk-eden-film-trailer|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=14 May 2015}}</ref> It was the first film to be released by [[Broad Green Pictures]].
 == Plot ==
-Paul Vallée is a young French student who enjoys going to raves. Eventually he partners with his friend Stan to form a DJ duo called Cheers around the same time as two of his other friends [[Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo|Guy-Man]] and [[Thomas Bangalter|Thomas]] form the DJ duo [[Daft Punk]]. In university he hopes to be a writer but as time goes on he abandons his thesis as his DJing career takes off. In 2001 he and his friend Cyril are invited to New York to DJ at PS1 MoMA but Cyril refuses to go, having finally decided to commit to the graphic novel he had wanted to write. Paul's time in New York is a success, but upon his return he learns that Cyril committed suicide shortly after finishing his graphic novel.
+Paul Vallée, a young French student, enjoys going to raves. He eventually partners with his friend Stan to form a DJ duo called Cheers around the same time as two of his other friends [[Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo|Guy-Man]] and [[Thomas Bangalter|Thomas]] form the DJ duo [[Daft Punk]].  He is hoping to become a writer, but he gradually abandons his thesis as his DJing career takes off. In 2001, he and his friend Cyril are invited to New York to DJ at [[MoMA PS1]], but Cyril refuses to go, having finally decided to commit to the graphic novel he had wanted to write. Paul's time in New York is a success, but upon his return he learns that Cyril committed [[suicide]] shortly after completing the work.
-For awhile Paul is successful however by 2006 his spending begins to catch up with him as his audience shrinks. He begins to turn to his mother to keep him financially afloat. As his life begins to crumble he runs into an old girlfriend, Louise. He hopes they can romantically reconnect but she informs Paul that she once had an abortion after becoming pregnant with his child. Paul has a nervous breakdown and confesses to his mother that he is addicted to cocaine and is deeply in debt.
+For a while, Paul is a successful DJ, but by 2006 his spending begins to catch up with him as his audience shrinks. He turns to his mother to keep him financially afloat. As his life begins to crumble, he runs into an old girlfriend, Louise. He hopes they can reconnect romantically, but she informs him that she had had an [[abortion]] after becoming pregnant with their child. Paul has a [[nervous breakdown]] and confesses to his mother that he is [[cocaine addiction|addicted]] to [[cocaine]] and is deeply in debt.
-By 2013 Paul has manage to rehabilitate his life and works for a vacuum repair company by day while attending a creative writing workshop by night. At one of the workshop sessions he talks to a young girl who asks him what he does. When he tells her he is a former DJ who specialized in garage music she admits that the only techno she listens to is [[Daft punk|Daft Punk]].
+By 2013, Paul has managed to rehabilitate his life and works for a vacuum repair company by day, while attending a creative writing workshop by night. At one of the workshop sessions, he talks to a young girl who asks him what he does. When he tells her he is a former DJ who specialized in garage music, she admits that the only techno she listens to is [[Daft Punk]]. Later, Paul goes to a club where he sees Guy-Man and Thomas again.
-Later Paul goes to a club where he sees [[Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo|Guy-Man]] and [[Thomas Bangalter|Thomas]] again.
 == Cast ==
 {{div col}}
 * Félix de Givry as Paul
-* [[Pauline Etienne]] as Louise
+* [[Pauline Étienne]] as Louise
 * [[Vincent Macaigne]] as Arnaud
 * Hugo Conzelmann as Stan
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 == Production ==
-[[File:Sven Hansen-Løve and Félix de Givry 4.jpg|thumb|right|Sven Hansen-Løve (left) served as the inspiration for Paul, played by Félix de Givry (right).]]
+[[File:Sven Hansen-Løve and Félix de Givry 4.jpg|thumb|right|Sven Hansen-Løve (right) served as the inspiration for Paul, played by Félix de Givry (left).]]
 The film is loosely based on [[Mia Hansen-Løve]]'s brother Sven's life. In addition to being the inspiration behind the film he also co-wrote the script.
 The film took three years to be produced in part because obtaining the rights to the music was so expensive. Hansen-Løve went through two different producers over the course of the pre-production process and was only able to obtain the necessary rights to license the music after [[Daft Punk]] agreed to license their music for the lowest possible fee causing other musicians to join them.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kinos-Goodin|first1=Jesse|title=TIFF 2014: Daft Punk's surprising role in French house music movie Eden|url=http://music.cbc.ca/#/blogs/2014/9/TIFF-2014-Daft-Punks-surprising-role-in-French-house-music-movie-Eden|accessdate=25 September 2014|date=Sep 11, 2014}}</ref>
-Filming began in November 2013 and was completed on 31 January 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mia Hansen-Love Helming Dance World Saga 'Eden' Starring Brady Corbet and Greta Gerwig|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/mia-hansen-love-helming-dance-world-saga-eden-starring-brady-corbet-and-greta-gerwig-20130904|accessdate=8 April 2014|newspaper=Indiewire|date=4 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kinology Embarks On Mia Hansen-Love’s ‘Eden’|url=http://variety.com/2014/film/news/kinology-embarks-on-mia-hansen-loves-eden-1201060827/|accessdate=8 April 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=16 January 2014}}</ref>
+Filming began in November 2013 and was completed on 31 January 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mia Hansen-Love Helming Dance World Saga 'Eden' Starring Brady Corbet and Greta Gerwig|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/mia-hansen-love-helming-dance-world-saga-eden-starring-brady-corbet-and-greta-gerwig-20130904|accessdate=8 April 2014|newspaper=Indiewire|date=4 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006132106/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/mia-hansen-love-helming-dance-world-saga-eden-starring-brady-corbet-and-greta-gerwig-20130904|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Kinology Embarks On Mia Hansen-Love's 'Eden'|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/kinology-embarks-on-mia-hansen-loves-eden-1201060827/|accessdate=8 April 2014|newspaper=Variety|date=16 January 2014}}</ref>
 ==Reception==
-On Metacritic, the film has a score of 82 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."<ref>http://www.metacritic.com/movie/eden-2014</ref>
+''Eden'' received generally positive reviews from critics. On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has a rating of 84% based on 97 reviews and an average rating of 7.4/10. The consensus statement reads, "''Eden'' uses 1990s club culture as the appropriately intoxicating backdrop for a sensitive, low-key look at aging and the price of pursuing one's dreams."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eden_2015/|title=Eden (2015)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=February 15, 2018}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film has a score of 81 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/eden-2014|title=Eden (2015) Reviews|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=15 February 2018}}</ref>
+On ''[[The Guardian|The Guardian's]]'' "The 100 best films of the 21st century" list, Eden is ranked 90th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/sep/13/100-best-films-movies-of-the-21st-century|title=The 100 best films of the 21st century|work=The Guardian|date=September 13, 2019|accessdate=August 28, 2020}}</ref>
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 == External links ==
-* {{imdb title|3090634|Eden}}
+* {{IMDb title|3090634|Eden}}
-* {{official website|http://www.advitamdistribution.com/eden/}}{{fr icon}}
+* {{official website|http://www.advitamdistribution.com/eden/}}{{in lang|fr}}
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-[[Category:French films]]
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-[[Category:2010s drama films]]
+[[Category:2014 drama films]]
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-[[Category:Films set in New York]]
+[[Category:Films set in New York (state)]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Mia Hansen-Løve]]
+[[Category:English-language French films]]
+[[Category:2010s French films]]
+[[Category:Ad Vitam (company) films]]