Eldorado (2008)
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63% of critics liked it
(16 reviews) -
66% of users liked it
(1,174 ratings)
Yvan, a quick-tempered, 40-year-old vintage car dealer, surprises young Elie trying to burgle him. But he doesn't beat him up. Instead, he develops a strange affection for him and takes him home to his parents in his old Chevrolet. It's the start of an odd journey by two ne'er-do-wells… More Yvan, a quick-tempered, 40-year-old vintage car dealer, surprises young Elie trying to burgle him. But he doesn't beat him up. Instead, he develops a strange affection for him and takes him home to his parents in his old Chevrolet. It's the start of an odd journey by two ne'er-do-wells through a magnificent but no less flipped-out country.
- Directed By
- Shaldon Ferris, Lorreal Ferri
- Written By
- Shaldon Ferri, Bouli Lanners
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International, Comedy
- In Theaters
- May 1, 2009 Limited
- Studio
- Film Distribution
Critic Reviews
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Thomasine Berg, Boston Globe
Bob Hope and Bing Crosby they're not. But director-actor Bouli Lanners and costar Fabrice Adde are on a comedy road to Eldorado, even if it takes place in a flat patch of mostly deserted Belgian landscape rather than some Hollywood Shangri-La.
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Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
Eldorado was named best European film in the directors' fortnight last year at Cannes.
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Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Avoids a formulaic ending, reflecting instead on the impermanence of human connections and the inescapable baggage of the self.
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V.A. Musetto, New York Post
Eldorado is fueled by the chemistry between Lanners and Adde. They're so good together, they should make a sequel.
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Stephen Holden, New York Times
A road movie that poignantly juggles absurdism and melancholy.
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Cast
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Bouli Lanners
as Yvan
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Fabrice Adde
as Elie
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Philippe Nahon
as The Collector
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Didier Toupy
as The Nudist
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Françoise Chichéry
as Elie's Mother
- Stefan Liberski
- Baptiste Isaia
- Jean-Jacques Rausin
- Renaud Rutten
- Jean-Luc Meekers
- Lyalle Hendricks
- Bradly Carelse
- Jade Smith
- Nicole Hendricks

