Director Ron Howard’s new film tells the story of eight people who went to an isolated island and less than half of them survived
Edennew film by Ron Howard (The Da Vinci Code) which has Sydney Sweeney (Euphoria) and Ana de Armas (Ballerina) in the cast, is now available on streaming. Find out if the news is inspired by a real story:
What is it about?
The film revisits a little-known episode in European history from the 1920s/30s. A community of idealistic Germans sets out for the island of Floreana Island, in the Galápagos Islands, abandoning the bourgeois values they believed erode humanity to build an alternative life in the wild. Eden addresses survival, mystery and complex human relationships in the face of adversity, as the dream of utopia gives way to distrust, violence and moral collapse.
While Ana de Armas plays Baroness Eloise, whose hedonistic vision clashes with the group’s discipline. Sydney Sweeney plays Margret Wittmer, a symbol of a third way, as she tries to balance family and survival amid the degradation of the colony.
Who is in the cast?
In addition to Sweeney and of Weaponsthe cast includes Jude Law (Fantastic Beasts: Dumbledore’s Secrets) who plays Friedrich Ritter, a doctor who preaches self-sufficiency and an ascetic life, Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Impossible – The Final Hit), Daniel Brühl (Falcon and the Winter Soldier), between others.
In the end, Eden Is it inspired by a true story?
Yes. The film is inspired by the mysterious case of Floreanaan island in the Galápagos that, in the 1930s, was the scene of still unexplained disappearances and deaths. At the time, the German doctor Friedrich Ritter and his companion Dore Strauch They left Europe to found a utopian community in the midst of isolation. The dream attracted new residents — including the couple Heinz and Margret Wittmer and the self-proclaimed “baroness” Eloise von Wagner de Bousquet —, but it soon gave way to a scenario of intrigue, jealousy and tragedy.
In its adaptation, Ron Howard and the screenwriter Noah Pink they transform the story into a study of human nature and the ruin of ideals. Jude Law plays a man obsessed with purity and self-sufficiency, while Ana de Armas embodies the seductive and ambitious figure who shakes the group’s balance. The film contrasts the natural paradise with the moral degradation of the colonists, reflecting the tension between idealism and survival.
Where to watch the news?
The Oscar-nominated film 2026 is now available in the Oscar catalog Prime Videoat no additional cost to streaming subscribers. Watch the trailer below:
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Source: Rollingstone
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