Eldorado

Eldorado begins at a rapid MTV pace with the disc jockey Lloyd encouraging us to celebrate the night. The night for searching within ourselves. The night for doing everything that has to be done before the dawn, when responsibilities take the upper hand again. A collage of life is presented for us, young people meeting and parting in the bustling city of Montreal.Lloyd wants to both attract attention and to stand aloof, which is reflected in both his work and his private life. He has a disastrous effect on Marc, the shop assistant who is battling with the dual problem of money-making and self-realization. Marc loses himself in a cheerless triviality. All the greater the impact when the not-so sweet, vivid reality forces itself upon him and turns his life inside out. The everyday existence of Mark's girlfriend Lulu is marked by the sorrow she feels after her mother's death. But she tries to follow her passions and impulses in her search for life. The materially well-off Roxan, Loulou's friend, stands open and vulnerable though even she is longing for human contact and life. Rita, who lives with Roxan and who in her own special way has let life drift by, cruises through her life of petty theft, drug dealing and carefree joie de vivre. She meets Henriette who copes with emotional and sexual adversity by fantasizing her way through everyday life.They are, as Lloyd says, 55 nations of refugees. Refugees from life, refugees who despite having lived in the same country all of their lives still don't feel at home, drifting around both physically and mentally. No matter how hard they try to do the right thing, something always ends up going wrong. In their search for solidarity, closeness and meaning they meet only betrayal and disappointment, though also moments of satisfaction. Eldorado is a living and vibrant film. The director Charles Biname has tried to make a film using what he calls a ''guerrilla technique'', i.e. low budget, hand held camera, natural light and with actors improvising around the script. The result is a success. The camera technique shows both movement and beautiful composition. The fine collection of actors give credible, vivid performances.Avantgarde composer Francis Dhomont's cello music accompanies the film at various stages, sometimes as mental suffering, sometimes as sexual lust, sometimes as a collection of the city's lights cutting into each other, much like the characters in the film.

Premiärstatus
Skandinavisk premiär: Medverkande
Robert Brouillette, Pascale Bussières, James Hyndman: Producent
Lorraine Richard: Manus
Charles Binamé, Lorraine Richard, Pascale Bussières, Robert Brouilette, James Hyndman, Macha Limonch: Foto
Pierre Gill: Musik
Claude Lamothe & Francis Dhomont