Edén

Elise DuRant : 2014
Eden

A young woman returns to Mexico to investigate why her late father abandoned the country and took her as a 9-year-old child from the home she loved. In Alma's eyes, this was an exceptional, magical time, which ended abruptly when she was forced to flee the country in a big hurry. But why? She remembers many beautiful, but also confusing moments that still exert a stifling influence on her current life. Attempting to unravel the puzzle of the past spent with her open-minded father until society cruelly expelled them, she returns to the locations of her childhood observations and fears. Memories and identity slowly converge. When she discovers a family secret the town has kept buried, she begins to see her elusive father in a way she had not known before, giving her the key to regain a sense of belonging she thought was lost. Elise DuRant's sensitive and personal drama, her feature directorial debut, premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014.