Eden

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Eden

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2015

2h 11m

Drama

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In the 1990s France, a young literature student begins working as a disc jockey and witnesses the rise of electronic dance music.

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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.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

Dec 13, 2016

4/5

Eden, despite its celebrity cameos, never loses sight of French Touch's handmade garage origins.

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Adam Nayman

Reverse Shot

Dec 7, 2015

Where the early scenes of Eden feel on the nose, the back half is filled with precisely the sorts of glancing-yet-wounding blows that are Hansen-Love's specialty.

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Alison Willmore

BuzzFeed News

Nov 10, 2015

Paul describes a song he likes as existing "between euphoria and melancholia," which is the balance the movie he's in strikes as well, as interested in joy as it is in loss. Which may be the best thing these stories of not making it bring to the table.

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Reyzando Nawara

A Good Movie To Watch

Oct 7, 2023

A

The film portrays the loneliness that can stem from pursuing a singular passion at the expense of all else.

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Vadim Rizov

Filmmaker Magazine

Jan 23, 2023

Hansen-Løve remains someone whose work should be eagerly anticipated, but this particular trajectory unnerves me.

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Dustin Chang

ScreenAnarchy

Feb 21, 2021

What's amazing about Eden, just like Hansen-Løve's last film, Goodbye First love, is her ability to make you aware of the poignancy of the passing of time in an extraordinarily personal way.

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Claudio C

@Claudio666 Jun 9, 2026

Eden (2014) Unbearable (12,500 – 09 Jun 2026 – Claudio Carvalho) There are films that are unbearable, and "Eden" (2014) is one of them. The screenplay is a mess, and characters appears and go without any development. The name of the protagonist is only said after about forty minutes running time. Maybe fans of rave like this flick, but it is not a representative segment and does not mean that it is a good movie. My vote is one. Title (Brazil): "Eden"

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Alec B

@Alec97 Dec 14, 2023

It's a unique examination of an artist, one who experiences a brief moment of relevancy before quickly fading into obscurity, which is much sadder than being a total failure.

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Mar 21, 2021

For fans of the history of disco ONLY. Make that the French point-of-view of the history of Disco. Movie is looong. Protagonist is uninteresting and unsympathetic (unless you like misogynists). Otherwise it wasn't bad.

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lars k

@RT93468119 Jun 14, 2020

Thoughtful. Follow your dreams is not always the best for you.

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May 9, 2020

Pretty poor, but to be honest I think it was the music I mainly had a problem with. I can't get excited about the bland house music they used to play in 95% of the clubs I used to go to in my 20s. Dull dull dull.

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Jul 22, 2018

Let me start with the positives: some good 90's tunes and an accurate description of club nightlife. Not too many films have achieved that. It definitely meanders and is far too long, but i wasn't bored. However,it is essentially the tale of a DJ who never hits the true heights, and neglects friends, lovers and family. And then it ends.

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Synopsis

In the 1990s France, a young literature student begins working as a disc jockey and witnesses the rise of electronic dance music.

Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Producer: Charles Gillibert
Screenwriter: Mia Hansen-Løve, Sven Hansen-Love
Distributor: Broad Green Pictures
Production Co: France 2 Cinéma, Cofinova 10, CG Cinéma, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Blue Film Production, Canal+, Orange Cinéma Séries, SACEM, Région Ile-de-France, Yundal Films, France Télévision
Rating: R (Language|Drug Use|Some Sexuality/Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 19, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $63.3K
Runtime: 2h 11m

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