Eldorado (2008 film)
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| Directed by | Bouli Lanners |
| Produced by | Jacques-Henri Bronckart |
| Starring | Bouli Lanners Fabrice Adde Philippe Nahon |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $1.1 million |
Eldorado is a Belgian seriocomic road movie in the Belgian surrealist and absurdist tradition, directed by Bouli Lanners and selected for the Directors’ Fortnight (40th anniversary) 61st Cannes Film Festival 2008. The film received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). It was the official entry from Belgium for the 81st Academy Awards, but was not chosen as one of the films to be nominated during the ceremony.
It was filmed in Wallonia.
It had the working title California Carwash and was based on an incident from Lanners's past.