Plot
The French government is asking Gustave Eiffel to design something spectacular for the 1889 Paris World Fair, but he simply wants to design the subway—until he crosses paths with a mysterious woman from his past.
Cast
as Gustave Eiffel
as Adrienne Bourgès
as Antoine Restac
as Claire Eiffel
as Adolphe Salles
as Jean Compagnon
as Edouard Lockroy
as Edmond
as Maurice Koechlin
as Georges
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Reviews
Romain Duris turns in a creditable enough performance but otherwise this is a rather lacklustre mix of romance and engineering that veers way too much to the former than the latter. The narrative tries to run the twin threads of his younger years - where he builds a bridge and falls in love with "Adrienne" (Emma Mackey) with a contemporary one that sees him bidding in a competition to design the …