Edem 2015 movie#

Edem 2015 movie#

But Paul is devoted to music, and knows the kind of sound he wants to create, a mixture of 'euphoria and melancholia.' He has a partner in this pursuit, and they create themselves as a DJ duo called 'Cheers,' modeled in part on their idols, Daft Punk (who appear as themselves throughout the movie in a running gag where they try to get into clubs and nobody recognizes them). Paul's mother does not understand what her son is doing with his life. The DJ is the rock-star, powerful and glamorous. He wants to be a DJ, and hangs around the DJ-tables at raves, asking questions, bonding over music. 'Eden' focuses on one kid, Paul ( FГ©lix de Givry), a university student obsessed with 'Garage' music, and blowing off his dissertation because of his party schedule. The film is quite personal, despite its slow and insistent historical sweep, and it's co-written by Hansen-Love with her brother Sven, based on his experiences as a DJ in the French house scene. It also features one of the best soundtracks in recent memory, a history lesson of club music. 'Eden' is long, but Hansen-Love's style is so observant and specific that it is always a compelling watch and ends up being sneakily profound. The scene changes over time, starting out with underground raves in abandoned warehouses or old docked submarines, and morphing into parties at gigantic nightclubs with a velvet-rope policy at the door. 'Eden' is an ode to French house-music (known as the 'French touch'), and a portrait of the kids so inspired by DJ Larry Levan and the sound he developed at Paradise Garage that following his lead became not only a lifestyle-choice but a philosophy. What becomes clear pretty early on in Mia Hansen-Love's 'Eden' is that despite the large roving ensemble of ravers and DJs and partiers, and despite the fact that there is a lead character, the dance-club 'scene' is the real star of the film.