Bob Hope and Bing Crosby they’re not. But director-actor Bouli Lanners and costar Fabrice Adde are on a comedy road to Eldorado, even if it takes place in a flat patch of mostly deserted Belgian landscape rather than some Hollywood Shangri-La.
Eldorado (2008)
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Reviews Counted:13
Fresh:8
Rotten:5
Average Rating:6.2/10
Theatrical Release:May 1, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: Yvan and Elie are two loners who wander aimlessly through their lives. Yvan is a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer while Elie is a young burglar and ex-junkie. One day Yvan catches... Yvan and Elie are two loners who wander aimlessly through their lives. Yvan is a quick-tempered 40-year-old vintage car dealer while Elie is a young burglar and ex-junkie. One day Yvan catches Elie trying to rob him. Instead of beating him up, he becomes strangely attached to him and agrees to drive him home to his parents in his old Chevrolet. Yvan and Elie are both nostalgic about lost relationships, which is what leads them to undertake a bizarre journey through a region that is as spectacular as it is crazy. Both are trying to find the pieces of a puzzle that they want to put back together, but it might be too late. --© Film Movement [More]
Starring: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy
Starring: Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Franise Chichy, Stefan Liberski, Baptiste Isa, Jean-Jacques Rausin, Renaud Rutten, Jean-Luc Meekers
Director: Bouli Lanners
Director: Bouli Lanners
Screenwriter: Bouli Lanners
Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart
Composer: Renaud Mayeur, Pierle, Koen Gisen
Studio: Film Movement
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Reviews for Eldorado
Eldorado was named best European film in the directors' fortnight last year at Cannes.
Avoids a formulaic ending, reflecting instead on the impermanence of human connections and the inescapable baggage of the self.
Has a somewhat witty and absurdly funny first half, but, at midpoint, it loses its dry humor and abruptly turns darker and feels too rushed, dull and contrived.
One could only hope to find such succulence in austerity. Credit the bold helmer and the lead actor Bouli Lanners for having the courage to put himself into the minefield of acting and directing. He is superb at both.
Eldorado is fueled by the chemistry between Lanners and Adde. They're so good together, they should make a sequel.
Lanners’s preference for po-faced Continental quirk eventually wears out its welcome.
Lanners's film is smart and confident enough to acknowledge that certain lives are dead ends, while others get tired of just spinning their wheels.
What ultimately prevents Eldorado from generating any serious comedic energy is absurdity ... that feels unduly strained and limp.
This slight, road-trip of a movie could qualify as the Belgium Tourist Office's anti-product-placement picture of the year.
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