On Wednesday October 13, 2021, “Eiffel”, directed by Martin Bourboulon, is released at the cinema. The film imagines the love story that could well have given birth to this historic monument.
In Eiffel, the new film by Martin Bourboulon, we take a look behind the scenes of the construction of the Eiffel Tower, a monument known throughout the world. We discover, but we also imagine. With this feature film, fiction and reality blend gracefully. On the one hand, there is the myth Gustave Eiffel, embodied by Romain Duris, and on the other the indomitable Adrienne, played by Emma MacKey.
The monument that almost never saw the light of day
If the film Eiffel is not a biopic, he imagines with great poetry everything that has built the myth around this inescapable monument. There is an undoubtedly realistic historical basis, the archival work of the film crews having been essential. The Eiffel Tower really almost never saw the light of day and if Gustave Eiffel had refused this project for the Universal Exhibition at the beginning, he did indeed reverse his decision. Did the famous engineer meet again Adrienne Bourgès, his love of youth? Is the shape of the Eiffel Tower, as we know it today, really a tribute to his first name? This is what Martin Bourboulon, and the original screenwriter Caroline Bongrand, imagined for this film.
Adrienne, the one who defies the codes
If fiction, reality, but also imagination intersect in Eiffel, the character of Adrienne is central. Played by Emma Mackey, new darling of the small and big screen, she is a free spirit in this film. Adrienne is not afraid of prohibitions, even less of Gustave Eiffel. Better yet, she doesn’t give a damn about conventions. At a time when the shackles of society on women were extremely patriarchal, the character Emma Mackey plays will stop at nothing. And even the movie is called Eiffel, Adrienne deserves all the attention given to her in this film directed by Martin Bourboulon. No doubt: all the modernity of the feature film, we owe it to Adrienne!
The film Eiffel, directed by Martin Bourboulon, with Romain Duris and Emma Mackey, is released in theaters on Wednesday, October 13, 2021.
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