Eldorado (2008)

Directed by

Bouli Lanners

Genre

comedy drama, road movie

Country

France, Belgium

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

12

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man who finds a burglar in his home makes an impulsive decision to drive the stranger back to his family. The two of them share a strange and touching road trip through Belgium.

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What happens

Eldorado is a 2008 Belgian absurdist road tragicomedy film directed by Bouli Lanners and selected for the Directors’ Fortnight (40th anniversary) 61st Cannes Film Festival 2008. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). It was the official entry from Belgium for the 81st Academy Awards, but was not chosen as one of the films to be nominated during the ceremony. It was filmed in Wallonia. It had the working title California Carwash and was based on an incident from Lanners's past. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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