A young woman working as a private dancer in Mexico is forced to flee to the United States after committing a violent act of self-defense. Along the way, she befriends a young mother and her daughter, promising to protect them and help them reunite in America. The film explores the struggles of survival at the US-Mexico border.
“The Absence of Eden takes place at the border between the United States and Mexico – a hellish landscape inhabited by coyotes, armed officers, desperate immigrants, and refugees,” reads‘s synopsis. “When Esmee , a young woman working as a private dancer in Mexico, is forced to commit a violent act of self-defense that results in the death of a cartel member, she flees her homeland for sanctuary in the United States.
We don’t see your character and Zoë’s character meet up until near the end. They have parallel stories, but when you do meet, it’s a really great scene. Can you talk about that intense chase and the physicality? I was surprised at how physical you both got. How was filming that scene? So that was the situation we were dealing with there. It’s a gritty, sort of dark scene, but it’s my character. He’s quite angry — not particularly at her, but he’s quite angry about what he’s done previous to this, what he’s had to do. He’s really questioning if he can withstand what this job is going to ask of him and his future moving forward. He’s met himself with the decisions he’s made in life, all the while thinking that he finally made a good one.
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