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6.3/10 • 681

2021-10-071h 48m

RomanceDrama

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.

Directors
Martin Bourboulon
Writters
Martin Brossollet, Martin Bourboulon, Natalie Carter, Tatiana De Rosnay, Caroline Bongrand, Thomas Bidegain
Editors
Martin Brossollet, Martin Bourboulon, Valérie Deseine

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Romain Duris

    Romain Duris

    Gustave Eiffel

  2. Emma Mackey

    Emma Mackey

    Adrienne Bourgès

  3. Pierre Deladonchamps

    Pierre Deladonchamps

    Antoine Restac

  4. Armande Boulanger

    Armande Boulanger

    Claire Eiffel

  5. Andranic Manet

    Andranic Manet

    Adolphe Salles

  6. Alexandre Steiger

    Alexandre Steiger

    Jean Compagnon

  7. Philippe Hérisson

    Philippe Hérisson

    Edouard Lockroy

  8. Jérémie Petrus

    Jérémie Petrus

    Edmond

  9. Jérémy Lopez

    Jérémy Lopez

    Maurice Koechlin

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CinemaSerf

Aug 15, 2022

6/10

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.

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Status
Released
Original Language
French
Budget
$26,000,000.00
Revenue
$13,000,000.00
Keywords
paris, franceeiffel tower, paris19th centuryworld's fairtour eiffel