Eden

classified 15 S
Film

Please note: This was screened in Aug 2015

Director
Mia Hansen-Løve
Cast
Félix de Givry, Hugo Conzelmann, Roman Kolinka, Pauline Etienne
Details
131 mins, Subtitled, 2014, France

The exhilarating latest from Mia Hansen-Love (Father of My Children, Goodbye First Love) traces the rise of the 'French touch' generation of house music - one that spawned superstars like Daft Punk and Cassius - from the 1990s to the present day. A semi-biographical drama, the story is told through a portrait of the pulsing nights, bleary-eyed days and many loves of Parisian DJ Paul (Félix de Givry).

With a narrative spanning two decades, we see Paul drawn to the soulful rhythms of Chicago's garage house movement and forming a duo with his best friend. They plunge into the scene, dropping out of daytime society in their all-encompassing pursuit of beats and bass and emotional and pharmaceutical highs. Others in their crowd (including two who would form Daft Punk) go stellar, but success for the pair is always just in sight yet out of reach.

As the years roll on and friends start swapping club nights for kids and early nights, Paul continues ploughing on as if nothing has changed...With locations spanning across Paris, Chicago and New York and cameos from real life house names, this is a love letter to the glory days of the scene. Featuring a vibrant soundtrack - including cuts from MK, Kings of Tomorrow, Liquid, DP, Frankie Knuckles and Terry Hunter - that puts you right there in the middle of the dancefloor.

Advisory: Eden contains a sequence of flashing lights which might affect customers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.

For a tantalising taste of the soundtrack to the film and to get you in the mood have a listen* to the tracks below...



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