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Riccardo Scamarcio
Eden à l’ouest | Eden Is West by Costa-Gavras
FRA/GRC 2009, Competition
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Riccardo Scamarcio
Eden à l’ouest | Eden Is West by Costa-Gavras
FRA/GRC 2009, Competition
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Costa-Gavras
Eden à l’ouest | Eden Is West by Costa-Gavras
FRA/GRC 2009, Competition
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Riccardo Scamarcio
Eden à l’ouest | Eden Is West by Costa-Gavras
FRA/GRC 2009, Competition
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Juliane Köhler
Eden à l’ouest | Eden Is West by Costa-Gavras
FRA/GRC 2009, Competition
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Ulrich Tukur, Riccardo Scamarcio
Eden à l’ouest | Eden Is West by Costa-Gavras
FRA/GRC 2009, Competition
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Riccardo Scamarcio
Eden à l’ouest | Eden Is West by Costa-Gavras
FRA/GRC 2009, Competition
The beggar who raises a bowl has a story.
The woman who sleeps drunk on the subway vent has a story.
The man who, like Charlie Chaplin, flees at the mere sight of a cop’s uniform has a story.
As in the Iliad, the adventures of our legendless hero begin in the Aegean Sea. On the same sea and under the same sun and sky that witnessed the dawn of civilization.
After many brief adventures, including a stopover in Paradise, and a brief one in Hell, his epic ends magically in Paris. A Paris that sparkles in the dreams of every wanderer’s restless sleep.
My film tries to mirror these wanderings, and is the story of those – who like us or our fathers and mothers before us – crisscrossed the earth, defying the oceans and uniformed bullies, in a search of a roof over their heads.
The story of Elias is not that of Ulysses. Nor is it Jean-Claude’s or mine. But I do see something of me in Elias, this stranger who is no stranger to me … I also do see something of my eyes in the look others cast over him.
Costa-Gavras
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Michèle Ray-Gavras, Juliane Köhler, Costa-Gavras, Riccardo Scamarcio
At the press conference of Eden à l'ouest: producer Michèle Ray-Gavras, Juliane Köhler, director Costa-Gavras and Riccardo Scamarcio.
Eden à l’ouest · Competition · Feb 14, 2009
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Juliane Köhler
Juliane Köhler play a leading role in Costa-Gavras's Eden à l'ouest.
Eden à l’ouest · Competition · Feb 14, 2009
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Riccardo Scamarcio
Actor Riccardo Scamarcio at the press conference.
Eden à l’ouest · Competition · Feb 14, 2009
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Costa-Gavras
Last year's jury president Costa-Gavras showed Eden à l'ouest as the Berlinale closing film.
Eden à l’ouest · Competition · Feb 14, 2009
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Riccardo Scamarcio
Eden à l’ouest · Competition · Feb 14, 2009
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
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Juliane Köhler
Eden à l’ouest · Competition · Feb 14, 2009
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
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Costa-Gavras
Eden à l’ouest · Competition · Feb 14, 2009
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
Michèle Ray-Gavras (Producer), Juliane Köhler (Actress), Costa-Gavras (Director), Riccardo Scamarcio (Actor)
Eden à l’ouest | Eden Is West
Competition · Press Conference · Feb 13, 2009
Michèle Ray-Gavras (Producer), Juliane Köhler (Actress), Costa-Gavras (Director), Riccardo Scamarcio (Actor)
Eden à l’ouest | Eden Is West
Competition · Red Carpet · Feb 13, 2009