SHUKI FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS
Eden (2001)
1h 31min | Drama, Romance
In 1939, Kalman, an ambitious young businessman, leaves Europe to join his sister Samantha in Palestine. She lives with Dov, an idealistic architect obsessed with the Bauhaus style. With their friends, they form a group, which discusses the future Israeli State. A loose adaptation of Arthur Miller's novel "Homely Girl, A Life".
"At the height of the Zionist movement, Gitai films this anglophone couple who have come to Palestine for idealistic reasons... Their roots remain in their native country. The couple is wrapped up in a claustrophobic intimacy and never really connects with the land of their ideals. Except for her: she loses her position in this male-dominated world but discovers a certain dignity in being herself, alone." Toshi Fujiwara
Cast Samantha Morton, Thomas Jane, Luke Holland, Daphna Kastner, Danny Huston, Arthur Miller
Director Amos Gitai
Screenplay Amos Gitai, Marie-José Sanselme, Nick Villiers, after Arthur Miller ("Homely Girl")
Cinematography Renato Berta
Production design Eitan Levi, Thierry François
Editing Monica Coleman, Kobi Netanel
Sound Michel Kharat, Alex Claude, Cyril Holtz
Costumes Laura Dinolesko
Makeup Department Ziv Katanov
Casting Ilan Moscovitch
Line producer(s) Laurent Truchot, Shuki Friedman, Kevin Gallagher
Production Agav Hafakot (Israel), Les Films Balenciaga, Cinévia Films (France), TF1 International, FRK International, R&C Produzioni
Festivals
Venice : Biennale di Venezia / Mostra d'arte cinematografica 2001