Eden

Mia Hansen-Løve : 2014

Paul is a teenager in the underground dance music scene of early-nineties Paris. When he is 17 he discovers rave parties, but he's drawn to the more soulful rhythms of Chicago's garage house scene, as yet only in its infancy. This attraction will become the great passion of his life. A few years have gone by and Paul makes his first steps into the Parisian nightlife. He creates with his best friend, Stan, the DJ duo Cheers, and then their own label. Finding their audience rapidly, these young artists plunge into the life, building their following one set at a time, dropping out of daytime society to form a community based on the high of the ceaseless beats and bass. For Paul and his band, this is the beginning of a dazzling but also risky ascension into the world of electronic music. Mia Hansen-Løve's fourth feature premiered in the Special Presentations section at Toronto International Film Festival 2014.