Eden Is West

Eden Is West
Directed byCosta-Gavras
Written byCosta-Gavras
Jean-Claude Grumberg
Produced byMichele Ray-Gavras
Manos Krezias
StarringRiccardo Scamarcio
Ulrich Tukur
CinematographyPatrick Blossier
Music byArmand Amar
Release dates
  • 11 February 2009 (2009-02-11) (France)
  • 19 February 2009 (2009-02-19) (Greece)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesFrance
Greece
LanguagesFrench
Greek
English

Eden Is West (French: Eden à l'ouest) is a 2009 film by Greek-French director Costa-Gavras about an illegal immigrant called Elias who tries to get to Paris. The original title in Greek is "Paradissos sti Dysi" ("Paradise in West").

The nationality of the main character hero is not disclosed during the film, Gavras wanted to make a point about illegal immigrants of any nationality, since himself was an immigrant.[1]

The film had its world premiere out of the competition at the 59th Berlin International Film Festival.