Ana de Armas and Jude Law in Ron Howard’s True Story Inspired ‘Eden’

Ana de Armas, Jude Law, Daniel Brühl, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney… They all star in the new film by the Oscar-winning director for A Beautiful Mind (best film and best director), Ron Howard ((The Da Vinci Code, Out of the Shadows at Last, Willow).

Two years after Thirteen Lives, which revisited the incredible true story of the Thai football team trapped in a cave, the filmmaker returns with Eden. In this thriller, Dr. Friedrich Ritter (Jude Law) and his wife, Dora (Vanessa Kirby), settle on a desert island to live in total self-sufficiency. A German philosopher obsessed with Nietzsche and Schopenhauer, Dr. Ritter is working on writing a manual on a new way of life, proclaiming himself king of the island of Floreana, as reported by the international press. But the arrival of Margret (Sydney Sweeney), her husband Heinz (Daniel Brühl) and their young son Harry (Jonathan Tittel) disrupts this utopia. As the two families attempt to coexist, a new group emerges, led by an heiress known as the Baroness (Ana de Armas), accompanied by two men (Felix Kammerer and Toby Wallace) who cater to her every whim. Thus begins a power struggle for control of the island.

The first images of the feature film, unveiled at the Toronto Film Festival, have been revealed by Vanity Fair. Here they are in a carousel.

Inspired by an incredible true story

This survival film, written by Noah Pink (Genius), is based on a true story, “The Galapagos Affair.” In the early 1930s, European settlers settled on the uninhabited island of Floreana in the Pacific Ocean. Over the years, several residents mysteriously disappeared without their fate being elucidated. Two of the survivors wrote books about their experiences: “Satan Came to Eden” by Dore Strauch in 1936, and “Postal warehouse Floreana” by Margaret Wittmer in 1959. Georges Simenon was also inspired by this story for his novel “Those of thirst“, published in 1938.

It’s like a season of Survivor where the contestants don’t make it.

Asked by Vanity FairRon Howard said: “You’d be surprised how true to life the movie is. The chilling thing about the story is that a handful of people went there, and half of them died or disappeared. It’s intense. It’s like a season of Survivor where the contestants don’t make it.“

“When you meet these characters, they’re quirky, eccentric, sometimes funny – you never know what they’re going to do next. They’re unpredictable. But as the tension builds, they become dangerous. You really wonder who’s going to prevail as they struggle to redefine themselves in this place. Society comes after you because society is human beings.”

No release date has been announced for Eden yet.