Eden Is West

Just as in Homer's Odyssey, Elias's adventures begin on the Aegean Sea. A rusting trawler packed with men, women and children clandestinely approaches the lights of shore. We don't know where they're from, but we know where they want to go: to the West, a real as well as a mythical place. For Elias this is literally Eden Club Paradise, the resort where he washes up and begins his extraordinary journey to Paris. In Elias's travels across a microcosm of contemporary Europe, Costa-Gavras has crafted an epic story for our times, full of heart, humour and wondrous complexities.