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Bouli Lanners, Fabrice Adde, Philippe Nahon, Didier Toupy, Françoise Chichéry ... see more see more... , Stefan Liberski , Baptiste Isaia , Jean-Jacques Rausin , Renaud Rutten , Jean-Luc Meekers , Lyalle Hendricks , Bradly Carelse , Jade Smith , Nicole Hendricks

Yvan, a quick-tempered, 40-year-old vintage car dealer, surprises young Elie trying to burgle him. But he doesn't beat him up. Instead, he develops a strange affection for him and takes him home to hi... read more read more...s parents in his old Chevrolet. It's the start of an odd journey by two ne'er-do-wells through a magnificent but no less flipped-out country.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 21 min.

Directed by: Shaldon Ferris, Lorreal Ferri, Bouli Lanners

Release Date: May 1, 2009

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DVD Release Date: July 14, 2009

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  • bookmunki
    July 17, 2011
    bookmunki
    A twisted road film. I found this hilarious, but the humor is very subtle. great soundtrack too.
  • gator681
    July 5, 2009
    gator681
    In "Eldorado," Yvan(Bouli Lanners, who also wrote and directed)is unpleasantly surprised when he returns home to discover Elie(Fabrice Adde) hiding underneath his bed. At first, Yvan takes an agressive approach in rooting him out but he becomes cautious when Elie claims to have ... read morea knife. Come morning, Elie tries to make a break for it but not before Yvan manages to trip him up. Instead of calling the police, Yvan takes pity on Elie who has been clean of drugs for two weeks and chose Yvan's since it was the only place around without a dog.(There's a lesson here...) Yvan drops him off at the corner to hitchhike a ride to his parents' place near the French border. Upon his return, Elie is still there and Yvan agrees to give him a ride...

    "Eldorado" is a compelling road movie that deftly manages to balance its serious and offbeat elements(Alain Delon!?!). A lot of that comes from Yvan who imports American cars to Europe where the streets are too narrow to properly drive them.(If I remember my high school French teacher correctly, that is.) So, you have a man who is slightly out of place with his environment giving a ride to a stranger which is the right thing to do, even if he is doing it for the wrong reason. True charity does not need a reason and Yvan has to remember where his responsibilities end.
  • benjaminguilbert2
    August 11, 2008
    benjaminguilbert2
    Beautiful film, strange, delicate... Belgian!
    No grand issue is dealt with, just the portraits of two men.
    The two strengths of this flick are the camera work and the script. This road movie is set in Belgian but the admiration its authors have for the USA go so far that you ofte... read moren mistake the Flanders for the Rocky mountains.
    Then the scenario is very very well written. The characters remain till the end rather mysterious. I really liked it.

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Thomasine Berg
July 30, 2009
Thomasine Berg, Boston Globe

Bob Hope and Bing Crosby they're not. But director-actor Bouli Lanners and costar Fabrice Adde are on a comedy road to Eldorado, even if it takes place in a flat patch of mostly deserted Belgian lands... Full Review

Walter V. Addiego
July 3, 2009
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle

Eldorado was named best European film in the directors' fortnight last year at Cannes. Full Review

Andrea Gronvall
May 29, 2009
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader

Avoids a formulaic ending, reflecting instead on the impermanence of human connections and the inescapable baggage of the self. Full Review

V.A. Musetto
May 1, 2009
V.A. Musetto, New York Post

Eldorado is fueled by the chemistry between Lanners and Adde. They're so good together, they should make a sequel. Full Review

Stephen Holden
May 1, 2009
Stephen Holden, New York Times

A road movie that poignantly juggles absurdism and melancholy.

Leslie Felperin
April 30, 2009
Leslie Felperin, Variety

Small but damn-near perfectly formed serio-comedy. Full Review

Melissa Anderson
April 28, 2009
Melissa Anderson, Village Voice

Lanners's film is smart and confident enough to acknowledge that certain lives are dead ends, while others get tired of just spinning their wheels. Full Review

David Cornelius
July 14, 2009
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

A clutter of unwelcome quirks and left-field developments. Full Review

Avi Offer
May 3, 2009
Avi Offer, NYC Movie Guru

Has a somewhat witty and absurdly funny first half, but, at midpoint, it loses its dry humor and abruptly turns darker and feels too rushed, dull and contrived. Full Review

Matthew Nestel
May 1, 2009
Matthew Nestel, Boxoffice Magazine

One could only hope to find such succulence in austerity. Credit the bold helmer and the lead actor Bouli Lanners for having the courage to put himself into the minefield of acting and directing. He i... Full Review

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