History Film / Eiffel

''Eiffel'' is a 2021 French historical romantic drama film loosely based off the life of Gustave Eiffel, the French civil engineer who gave UsefulNotes/{{Paris}} its most iconic monument, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower Eiffel Tower]]. It is directed by Martin Bourboulon and written by Caroline Bongrand, and Music/AlexandreDesplat composed the soundtrack.

* OpenMindedParent: Gustave has a INeedAFreakingDrink reaction upon learning that his daughter wants to marry his employee Adolphe Salles, who's clearly not the type he expected for her. Though he doesn't refuse and even consents to giving his daughter's hand to him and offers them both a drink to celebrate.

* OpenMindedParent: Gustave has a INeedAFreakingDrink moment upon learning that his daughter wants to marry his employee Adolphe Salles, who's clearly not the type he expected for her. Though he still consents to giving his daughter's hand to him and offers them both a drink to celebrate.

Towards the end of the 1880s, master engineer Gustave Eiffel (Creator/RomainDuris), who revolutionized construction using iron beam structures, just finished collaborating on the structure of the Art/StatueOfLiberty. The French government want him to conceive "something spectacular" for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. At a dinner, he meets an old flame of his youth, Adrienne Bourgès (Creator/EmmaMackey), whom he met when building a bridge over the Garonne river. Their flame gets revived and she even inspires him the new project, a 300 meter tall iron tower. Trouble is, Adrienne is married to another man.

* OpenMindedParent: Gustave has a INeedAFreakingDrink moment upon learning that his daughter wants to marry his employee Adolphe Salles, who clearly not the type he expected for her, though he still consents to giving his daughter's hand to him.

* OldFlame: Gustave and Adrienne were in a relationship long ago and it ended. They get reunited in 1889.

* HowWeGotHere: The film starts in 1889 with Gustave in his office at the top of the finished tower during a storm. He works on a plan of the tower, reminisces about the inauguration day and goes out in the gusts of wind to take a look at the city. Then it cuts to three years earlier, when he was made a US Honorary Citizen for having built the structure of the Art/StatueOfLiberty, then to him in his offices in 1887.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Gustave's reaction upon learning that his daughter wants to marry his employee Adolphe Salles. Though he accepts the situation and ends up taking several glasses and sharing the booze between himself, Adolphe and Adrienne to celebrate.

Towards the end of the 1880s, master engineer Gustave Eiffel (Creator/RomainDuris), who revolutionized construction using iron beam structures, just finished collaborating on the structure of the Art/StatueOfLiberty. The French government want him to conceive "something spectacular" for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. At a dinner, he meets an old flame of his youth, Adrienne Bourgès (Creator/EmmaMackey), whom he met when building a bridge over the Garonne river. Their flame gets revived and she even inspires him the new project, a 300 meter tall iron tower. Problem is, Adrienne is married to another man.

Towards the end of the 1880s, master engineer Gustave Eiffel (Creator/RomainDuris), who revolutionized construction using iron beam structures, just finished collaborating on the structure of the Art/StatueOfLiberty. The French government want him to conceive "something spectacular" for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. At a dinner, he meets an old flame of his youth, Adrienne Bourgès (Creator/EmmaMackey), whom he met when building a bridge over the Garonne river in 1860. Their flame gets revived and she even inspires him the new project, a 300 meter tall iron tower. Problem is, Adrienne is married to another man.

* OldFlame: Gustave and Adrienne were in a relationship in 1860 and it ended. They get reunited in 1889.