RomanceDrama

Eiffel

- You will never look at it the same way again.

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.

Release Date : 2021-10-07

Language :French

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : PathéVVZ ProductionConstantin FilmSCOPE PicturesM6 FilmsM6Canal+

Production Country : BelgiumFranceGermany

Alternative Titles : Eiffel

Cast

Character Name : Gustave Eiffel

Original Name : Romain Duris

Gender : Male

Character Name : Adrienne Bourgès

Original Name : Emma Mackey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Antoine Restac

Original Name : Pierre Deladonchamps

Gender : Male

Character Name : Claire Eiffel

Original Name : Armande Boulanger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Adolphe Salles

Original Name : Andranic Manet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jean Compagnon

Original Name : Alexandre Steiger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edouard Lockroy

Original Name : Philippe Hérisson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edmond

Original Name : Jérémie Petrus

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maurice Koechlin

Original Name : Jérémy Lopez

Gender : Male

Character Name : Georges

Original Name : Frédéric Merlo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Émile Nouguier

Original Name : Damien Zanoly

Gender : Male

Character Name : Madame Lockroy

Original Name : Clémence Boué

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ouvrier boîte à sable 11

Original Name : Julien Sarazin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Silhouette

Original Name : Josselin Baillarguet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bougeoise

Original Name : Michèle Clément

Gender : Female

Character Name : Amie d'Adrienne

Original Name : Juliette Blanche

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mme Bourgès

Original Name : Sophie Fougère

Gender : Male

Character Name : Membre du conseil

Original Name : Philippe Richardin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ouvrier

Original Name : Matthieu Piriou

Gender : Male

Character Name : Invité Bourgès 2

Original Name : Stéphane Page

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ouvrier acrobate Tour Eiffel

Original Name : Aurélien Luzeux

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vendeuse de fleurs au Parc Monceau

Original Name : Aurélia Frachon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Membre du conseil

Original Name : Philippe Saïd

Gender : Male

Character Name : L'huissier du Ministère

Original Name : Dominique Pozzetto

Gender : Male

Character Name : Les Banquiers

Original Name : Benoît de Gaulejac

Gender : Male

Character Name : Les Banquiers

Original Name : Hervé Masquelier

Gender : Male

Character Name : R. Milligan McLane

Original Name : Joseph Rezwin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Acteur

Original Name : David Olivier Fischer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ouvrier boite à sable

Original Name : Pierre Le Baleur

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-08-15

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 his complications, he re-alights on "Adrienne", by now married to the influential "Antoine" (Pierre Deladonchamps). There are a few scenes - especially when they are laying the foundations to the tower and when aligning the metal works, when the engineering elements impress and we get some clue as to his genius. The use of sand, water and sheer brute force to ensure millimetre accuracy is sometimes quite tensely portrayed here. Unfortunately, though, for the most part it's a rather uninspiring melodrama about his turbulent relationship and though it does offer an interesting explanation as to why the tower might look like the letter "A", it all just sinks into a rather mediocre sediment of mush. The production looks good, the costumes and settings are well presented, but the rest of it is unremarkable and I found myself wondering why I thought he wasn't Maximillian Schell and she wasn't Margot Robbie. One for the telly, I'd say.