Eden Is West (Eden à l’ouest)
Directed by: Costa-GavrasCast list: Riccardo Scamarcio, Ulrich Tukur, Juliane Koehler, Eric Caravaca, Ana Paula Aurijo, Gil Alma, Konstatinos Markoulakis
Country: France, Italy, Greece
Year: 2008
Genres: Drama /
Runtime: 111 min.
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A drama centred on the illegal immigrants living in the European Union. As in "The Odyssey" by Homer, the Aegean Sea is the setting where the story runs: in the same waters, under the same sun and under the same skies as at the dawn of civilization. Elias is an immigrant in his twenties who tries to get to Europe by a boat along with other illegal immigrants. When the boat is near the Greek shores and they hope they will soon disembark, a marine patrol approaches and Elias has to jump into the sea in order to avoid arrest.
Educational Grades: ##COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA####COMA##Sixth form college##COMA##Further education##COMA##Further Edu, mature students##COMA##Higher Education##COMA##
Subjects: Citizenship (Sixth Form College) / French / Contemporary world / History /
Topics: education in human values / natural resources, wealth and poverty, commerce, consumption / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / world of work, employment relationships / human relations, psychology, sociology / human rights /
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