As in «The Odyssey», the Aegean Sea is the setting when our hero, Elias, sets out on his adventures. On the same waters, under the same sun and the same sky as the dawn of civilization. After countless incidents and accidents, a stopover in paradise and a sojourn in hell, the magical conclusion of his journey takes place in Paris....Paris, the shining city in the deepest dreams, in the most uncertain sleep of wanderers.
EDEN IS WEST attempts to echo the path, the journey of those (once our fathers and mothers) who cross through lands, raving oceans and seas of uniforms, looking for a home.
"Elias’ story is not that of Ulysses, nor is it Jean-Claude’s or mine. But I see myself in Elias, a foreigner who is not foreign to me."
Costa-Gavras
Awarded the top prize at the 13th Annual City Of Lights, City Of Angels (COLCOA)
"...in Eden Is West Costra-Gavras succeeds in nearly all of these forms of excellence. He holds up a truthful mirror to the cruel divided nature of our world, of its brutal displacements and callous barriers, yet he never loses his sense of humour." - F X Feeney, Los Angeles Film Critics Association jury president
