Romain Duris brings authority to this fanciful version of history, which has Gustave Eiffel erecting the monument as a Taj Mahal for his lost love
Some towering absurdity and vertiginous silliness here … and also a bit of innocent enjoyment. Eiffel is a handsomely produced period drama, a madly Lloyd-Webber-ised romantic fantasy about the construction of the Eiffel tower in 1889 in Paris for the 100th anniversary of the revolution. Screenwriter Caroline Bongrand imagines (which is to say: she entirely invents) a backstory for the great engineer Gustave Eiffel, a grand passion that inspired him to build the tower as his own private Taj Mahal for a lost, secret love.
Eiffel is played with authority and gusto – as well as various frock coats, top hats and lengths of beard – by Romain Duris. In real life he was a widower with five children when he embarked on the tower, but this drama declares...
Some towering absurdity and vertiginous silliness here … and also a bit of innocent enjoyment. Eiffel is a handsomely produced period drama, a madly Lloyd-Webber-ised romantic fantasy about the construction of the Eiffel tower in 1889 in Paris for the 100th anniversary of the revolution. Screenwriter Caroline Bongrand imagines (which is to say: she entirely invents) a backstory for the great engineer Gustave Eiffel, a grand passion that inspired him to build the tower as his own private Taj Mahal for a lost, secret love.
Eiffel is played with authority and gusto – as well as various frock coats, top hats and lengths of beard – by Romain Duris. In real life he was a widower with five children when he embarked on the tower, but this drama declares...
- 8/9/2022
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Eiffel Review — Eiffel (2021) Film Review, a movie directed by Martin Bourboulon, written by Caroline Bongrand, Thomas Bidegain and Natalie Carter and starring Romain Duris, Emma Mackey, Pierre Deladonchamps, Armande Boulanger, Bruno Raffaelli and Philippe Herisson. A love story centered around the construction of the Eiffel Tower, director Martin Bourboulon’s film, Eiffel, is intriguing [...]
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- 6/5/2022
- by Thomas Duffy
- Film-Book
The film drew nearly 1.5m spectators in France last October.
Vertigo Releasing has picked up UK-Ireland rights to Martin Bourboulon’s French period romance Eiffel, set against the backdrop of the construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1880s Belle Epoque Paris, and has set an August 5 release date.
Romain Duris plays iconic French engineer Gustave Eiffel opposite Sex Education star Emma Mackey as long-lost love Adrienne Bourgès.
When the pair re-meet 20 years later, Eiffel is embarking on the all-consuming task of designing and constructing the Eiffel Tower while Bourgès has risen up the ranks of Paris society and is married...
Vertigo Releasing has picked up UK-Ireland rights to Martin Bourboulon’s French period romance Eiffel, set against the backdrop of the construction of the Eiffel Tower in 1880s Belle Epoque Paris, and has set an August 5 release date.
Romain Duris plays iconic French engineer Gustave Eiffel opposite Sex Education star Emma Mackey as long-lost love Adrienne Bourgès.
When the pair re-meet 20 years later, Eiffel is embarking on the all-consuming task of designing and constructing the Eiffel Tower while Bourgès has risen up the ranks of Paris society and is married...
- 4/12/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Blue Fox Entertainment has acquired all U.S. rights to Martin Bourboulon’s “Eiffel,” a big-budget historical romance drama about celebrated engineer Gustave Eiffel starring Romain Duris (“Mood Indigo”) and Emma Mackey (“Sex Education”).
Pathe co-produced the film and is handling international sales. The company recently distributed it in France, where it’s had a successful box office run, selling over one million admissions. The film will have its North American premiere at Colcoa French Film Festival in Hollywood on Nov. 6.
Produced by Vanessa van Zuylen, the movie revolves around Eiffel as he finishes his collaboration on the Statue of Liberty and is pressured by the French government to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair. Eiffel simply wants to design the subway, but everything changes when he crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past (Mackey). Their long lost, forbidden passion inspires him to build the iconic Eiffel Tower.
Pathe co-produced the film and is handling international sales. The company recently distributed it in France, where it’s had a successful box office run, selling over one million admissions. The film will have its North American premiere at Colcoa French Film Festival in Hollywood on Nov. 6.
Produced by Vanessa van Zuylen, the movie revolves around Eiffel as he finishes his collaboration on the Statue of Liberty and is pressured by the French government to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair. Eiffel simply wants to design the subway, but everything changes when he crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past (Mackey). Their long lost, forbidden passion inspires him to build the iconic Eiffel Tower.
- 11/6/2021
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The duo shine leading the cast of Martin Bourboulon’s new film, produced by Vvz Production and sold by Pathé, which follows in the trail blazed by the Eiffel Tower’s inventor. The first clapperboard slammed on 13 August for Eiffel, Martin Bourboulon’s third feature film after Daddy or Mommy (2.8 million admission in France in 2015) and Divorce French Style (Daddy or Mommy 2) (1.36 million viewers by the end of 2016). Standing tall among the cast are Romain Duris and the French-British rising star Emma Mackey (discovered in the series Sex Education and soon to be seen in the Irish film The Winter Lake).Written by the director, alongside Caroline Bongrand, Tatiana de Rosnay...
Martin Bourboulon, whose credits include divorce comedy-dramas Mummy Or Daddy and Divorce French Style, will direct.
Emma Mackey, the breakout star of Netflix’s hit show Sex Education, will make her French-language debut opposite Romain Duris in Pathé’s upcoming €22m ($20m) production Eiffel, revolving around the untold love story behind the creation of the Eiffel Tower.
The project is currently in pre-production for an August 2019 shoot. Pathé International kicks off sales at Cannes with Pathé retaining French and Swiss rights.
Mackey will play Adrienne Bourgès, a mysterious, high-born woman linked to celebrated engineer Gustave Eiffel’s past.
Sex Education...
Emma Mackey, the breakout star of Netflix’s hit show Sex Education, will make her French-language debut opposite Romain Duris in Pathé’s upcoming €22m ($20m) production Eiffel, revolving around the untold love story behind the creation of the Eiffel Tower.
The project is currently in pre-production for an August 2019 shoot. Pathé International kicks off sales at Cannes with Pathé retaining French and Swiss rights.
Mackey will play Adrienne Bourgès, a mysterious, high-born woman linked to celebrated engineer Gustave Eiffel’s past.
Sex Education...
- 5/14/2019
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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