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Eiffel (2021)

R 04/08/2022 (US) Romance, Drama 1h 48m

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The French government is asking Gustave Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but he simply wants to design the subway—until he crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past.

Martin Bourboulon

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Thomas Bidegain

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Tatiana De Rosnay

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Caroline Bongrand

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Martin Brossollet

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Nathalie Carter

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Romain Duris

Gustave Eiffel
Emma Mackey

Adrienne Bourgès
Pierre Deladonchamps

Antoine Restac
Armande Boulanger

Claire Eiffel
Andranic Manet

Adolphe Salles
Alexandre Steiger

Jean Compagnon
Philippe Hérisson

Edouard Lockroy
Jérémie Petrus

Edmond
Jérémy Lopez

Maurice Koechlin
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60%

Written by CinemaSerf on August 15, 2022

Romain Duris turns in a creditable enough performance but otherwise this is a rather lacklustre mix of romance and engineering that veers way too much to the former than the latter. The narrative tries to run the twin threads of his younger years - where he builds a bridge and falls in love with "Adrienne" (Emma Mackey) with a contemporary one that sees him bidding in a competition to design the Parisian entry for the 1889 World Fair. His plan to build a 300m tower wins - it beat the Mètro - but pretty quickly he faces industrial issues, strikes, banking confidence colly-wobbles and to add to h... read the rest.

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