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Eden

Eden

1996Movie⏱️ 1h 46mR
Drama
5.7
IMDB Rating
378 votes

A student at a New England boys' school is infatuated with an instructor's wife who has Multiple Sclerosis. The woman struggles to show her strict husband how love, rather than demands, helps the student to blossom, but eventually...

Director
Howard Goldberg
Writers
N/A
Stars
Joanna Going, Dylan Walsh, Sean Patrick Flanery
Release Date
March 27, 1998
Language
English
Country
United States, Canada
🎯 1
Nominations
💬 12
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Joanna Going
Joanna Going
as Helen Kunen
Dylan Walsh
Dylan Walsh
as Bill Kunen
Sean Patrick Flanery
Sean Patrick Flanery
as Dave Edgerton
👤
Sean Christensen
as Rick
Edward O'Blenis
Edward O'Blenis
as Sonny
John Aylward
John Aylward
as Dr. Bryson
👤
Anne Christianson
as Milly
Marjorie Nelson
Marjorie Nelson
as Ruth
👤
R. Hamilton Wright
as Mr. Bainbridge
👤
Stephen Lennstrom
as Johnny

💰 Box Office

$4,210
Worldwide Gross
$4,210
Domestic Gross
$1,564
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Color
Color
Filming Location
Seattle, Washington, USA
Production
Aumont Productions, BMG Independents, Edenstreet Productions

🏷️ Keywords

multiple sclerosishousewifeboarding schoolastral projectionindependent film

🎯 Categories

Drama

⭐ Featured Review

Spiritual and Moving
by M.A.N.1999-02-03
10/10

"This was an incredibly moving film. I had heard about it when it was at Sundance and waited to see it when it came out in theatres, but it never came to my area. Then, there it was at Blockbusters. I rented it and was thrilled. It was a moving and spiritual film with incredible performances (especially Joanna Going). It is a perfect evocation of the era (60s). The story, of a woman who has MS and starts to believe that she can leave her body when she sleeps, is a beautiful metaphor. Her dreams start to become almost like a heroin addiction -- a way for her to be able to deal with her life that..."

💡 Did You Know?

Anna Faris' film debut.

📖 Synopsis

A student at a New England boys' school is infatuated with an instructor's wife who has Multiple Sclerosis. The woman struggles to show her strict husband how love, rather than demands, helps the student to blossom, but eventually...