Eden and After (1970)

04/20/1970Drama, Mystery1h 33m
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A group of French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious man called Duchemin. Once they sample his "fear powder" the students experience a series of hallucinations.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Catherine Jourdan

    Violette

  2. Cast 1

    Pierre Zimmer

    Duchemin

  3. Cast 1

    Lorraine Rainer

    Marie-Eve

  4. Richard Leduc

    Marc-Antoine

  5. Sylvain Corthay

    Robert

  6. Cast 1

    Juraj Kukura

    Boris

  7. Jarmila Koleničová

    Sonia

  8. Cast 1

    Catherine Robbe-Grillet

    Foolish Woman

  9. Ľudovít Kroner

    Franc

“eden and after” can be divided into three sections by location: eden, a factory just outside eden and a coastal middle-eastern region which dominates the film’s second half. eden is a combination nightclub, playpen, piet mondrian installation, and house of mirrors. those outside of eden speculate about the hedonism and crime that goes on within, while the jaded sensualists that haunt the place act out the creative rumors from sheer boredom. they live a life free from responsibility, emotion and truth, occupying most of their time with word association, exotic role-playing games, hallucinogeni...