Eden is the cinematic re-imagining of the real accounts of several survivors who formed an impromptu commune in the Galápagos Islands. The film is set on Floreana Island, which was uninhabited until 1929, when Dr. Friedrich Ritter (Jude Law) and his partner Dore Strauch (Vanessa Kirby) arrived from Berlin. Their goal was to live together in isolation while creating the manifesto intended to shepherd humanity into its next stage of evolution.
The film is set several years into their residency on Floreana, when a family of three arrives on the island: Heinz Wittmer (Daniel Brühl), Margaret Wittmer (Sydney Sweeney) and Heinz's son Harry (Jonathan Tittel). They had read about Ritter and Strauch and were looking to start their lives anew, away from the modern civilization they felt had abandon