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IMDb page: Eden (2008)
Rate: 6.1/10 total 156 votes
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 30 May 2008 (Ireland)
Runtime: USA:83 min
Filming Location: Croghan Hill, County Offaly, Ireland
Budget: €2,000,000(estimated)
Gross: $15,611(USA)(8 February 2009)
Director: Declan Recks
Stars: Aidan Kelly, Eileen Walsh and Padraic Delaney
Plot Keyword: Based On Play

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Eugene O'Brien adaptation
Eugene O'Brien play

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Plot: A married couple's relationship begins to fall apart as their 10th wedding anniversary approaches. »

Story: A married couple's relationship begins to fall apart as their 10th wedding anniversary approaches.

Synopsis: This film is the screen adaptation of Eugene O’Brien’s play of the same name. Set in a thriving Irish town, Eden tells the story of a week in the lives of Billy & Breda Farrell as they approach their 10th wedding anniversary. Breda is determined … Full Descriptionthat the milestone will re-ignite the passion in their marriage. Billy, on the other hand, has developed an obsession with Imelda Egan, a pretty but unobtainable local young lass, and has convinced himself that the coming weekend will see them become lovers under the eyes of everyone. As the date draws closer, Billy’s behavior becomes more and more chaotic, while Breda’s frustrations crystallize and find more high-risk expression. Aidan Kelly and Eileen Walsh star.

As their 10th anniversary approaches, Breda (Eileen Walsh) and Billy (Aidan Kelly) are trying to get over a rocky part of their marriage. Billy, who works for the phone company, spends most of his free time at the local pub and eyeing the much younger Imelda (Sarah Greene), who loves to party. Meanwhile, Breda discusses her marital problems with her best friend, Eilish (Lesley Conroy), who thinks Breda needs to go out more and have fun instead of just staying home and taking care of her two kids, Edel (Carolyn Murray) and James (Brendan Kelleher). Breda has big plans for the anniversary night, even making a new dress for the occasion, hoping it will inject much-needed romance into their stale marriage, but Billy keeps growing more and more distant. Although he promises that their anniversary will be special, he is worried that he will not be able to live up to his word. Directed by Declan Recks, EDEN, set in the Irish Midlands, is a poignant adult drama based on the two-character play by Eugene O’Brien, who also wrote the screenplay. The title is both a reference to the small town of Edenderry, where O’Brien is from, as well as the biblical Garden of Eden, where temptation was just within reach. Recks and O’Brien, along with Walsh and other members of the cast and crew, had previously worked together on the successful Irish television miniseries PURE MULE, and that experience helps give the film a feeling of closeness and warmth. Walsh, who was named Best Actress at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival, is extraordinary in a role that her sister Catherine played in the original Abbey Theatre production, while Kelly is excellent as the torn Billy. The film is dedicated to Recks’s father, Richie, who plays bartender Quenchers Quinn, and who died shortly after filming was completed. [D-Man2010]