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Elias
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Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos | ... |
L'ami d'Elias
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Léa Wiazemsky | ... |
Nina
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| Tess Spentzos | ... |
Un amie de Nina
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Une amie de Nina
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Stella-Melina Vasilaki | ... |
L'hôtesse
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Gil Alma | ... |
Bob
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| Eric Caravaca | ... |
Jack, le directeur de l'Eden Club
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Marissa Triandafyllidou | ... |
La directrice de l'Eden Club
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| Constantine Markoulakis | ... |
Yvan
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| Mona Achache | ... |
Marie-Lou
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Alexandre Bancel | ... |
Bernard
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| Juliane Köhler | ... |
Christina Lisner
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Igor Raspopov | ... |
Leonid
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Ina Tsolakis | ... |
La femme de Leonid
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A drama centered around the illegal immigrants living in the EU.
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illegal immigrant | paris opera | place name in title | paris metro | cardinal direction in title |Genres:
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Release Date:
11 February 2009 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Az Éden nyugatra van See more »Box Office
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The main character isn't only innocent and naive, but he also is portrayed as good natured as it gets. Now you could argue if that really is possible or if it really works story-wise. But you have to suspend your disbelief here early on. The movie is jumping from one scene to the next, changing many locations and therefor never really builds an emotional connection with the viewer. While the segments are nice and good, the whole experience isn't as good as the sum of it's parts.
It gets even more irritating, when almost every cliché get's played out in the story, letting the main character go through every possible roller-coaster ride an (illegal) immigrant can go through. Unfortunately it doesn't mix as well as one might think (pace and rhythm is all over the place and not in a good sense).