Eden Is West (2009)

1h 50m · Released · TMDB ★ 6.2 (64)

Desperate to break free from the poverty of his homeland, Elias boards a ramshackle people-smuggling trawler to France. But when the boat is raided by police, Elias leaps into the ocean, eventually finding himself washed up on a Mediterranean beach resort called Eden. So begins Elias odyssesy across Western Europe to Paris, where wondrous promise, helpful new friends and perilous dangers await him every step of the way.

Director: Costa-Gavras

Starring: Riccardo Scamarcio, Éric Caravaca, Juliane Köhler, Odysseas Papaspiliopoulos, Ulrich Tukur, Anny Duperey