Eva

Unrated

6/4/19651h 40m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

Best-selling author Tyvian Jones has a life of leisure in Venice, Italy, until he has a chance encounter with sultry Frenchwoman Eva Olivier. He falls for her instantly, despite already having wedding plans with Francesca Ferrara. Winning Eva's affection proves elusive; she's more interested in money than in love. But Tyvian remain steadfast in his obsession, going after Eva with a fervor that threatens to destroy his life.

Director:

Joseph Losey

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

sexual obsession
rome, italy
call girl
older woman seduces younger guy
femme fatale
downfall
novelist
mysterious woman
seductress
gold digger
home wrecker
cruel intentions
film director
downward spiral
wicked woman
artistic fraud
adulterous husband
self-destructive behavior

Cast

Jeanne Moreau

~ as ~

Eva Olivier

Stanley Baker

~ as ~

Tyvian Jones

Giorgio Albertazzi

~ as ~

Sergio Branco Malloni - a Movie Director (uncredited)

James Villiers

~ as ~

Alan McCormick - a Screenwriter

Virna Lisi

~ as ~

Francesca Ferrara

Riccardo Garrone

~ as ~

Michele - a Player

Lisa Gastoni

~ as ~

The Red-Headed Russian

Checco Rissone

~ as ~

Pieri

Enzo Fiermonte

~ as ~

Enzo

Nona Medici

~ as ~

Anna Maria

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
Stanley Baker ("Tyvian") is a rough man from the Welsh mining school of hard knocks who has written an internationally recognised bestseller. When he finds himself in Venice, not only is he, culturally, a fish out of water but also finds himself the target of a mysterious and manipulative Jeanne Moreau ("Eve") who quickly ensnares him in a web of charm and seduction rendering him impotent to her toxic power over him. It's beautifully shot on location but otherwise I found it all a little pretentious. Both principal characters polarise and epitomise the worst in each other - and of society in general. His poor, downtrodden fiancée "Francesca" (Virna Lisi) is probably the only person in the film with whom you could possibly empathise; and frankly I think she would be far better advised to leave them both to it and explore the Murano glassworks instead. It is quite an interesting historical retrospective of life in Venice in the early 1960s, but otherwise I think Joseph Losey has rather over-indulged himself.