Eva
Best-selling novelist Tyvian Jones leads a life of indulgent ease in Venice, Italy, until a chance encounter with the alluring Frenchwoman Eva Olivier upends his routine. He falls for her at first sight, even though he is already pledged to Francesca Ferrara. Winning Eva's affection proves elusive, as she values money more than love. Undeterred, Tyvian clings to his fixation, pursuing Eva with a fevered intensity that threatens to destroy his life.
Director(s)
Vittorio De Sica
Joseph Losey
Paolo Ricci
Guidarino Guidi
Tony Brandt
Anita Borgiotti
Mimmola Girosi
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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.
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The directors of Eva are Vittorio De Sica, Joseph Losey, Paolo Ricci, Guidarino Guidi, Tony Brandt, Anita Borgiotti, and Mimmola Girosi.
The cast of Eva includes Jeanne Moreau as Eva Olivier, James Villiers as Alan McCormick - a Screenwriter, Ignazio Dolce as (uncredited), Enzo Fiermonte as Enzo, John R. Pepper as The Little Boy, Stanley Baker as Tyvian Jones, Virna Lisi as Francesca Ferrara, Enrico Maria Salerno as (uncredited), Giorgio Albertazzi as Sergio Branco Malloni - a Movie Director (uncredited), Lisa Gastoni as The Red-Headed Russian, Riccardo Garrone as Michele - a Player, Checco Rissone as Pieri, and more.
The duration of Eva is 1h 40 mins.
Eva was released on 03 Oct 1962.
Eva is listed under Drama on Fanbiz.
Eva has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 5.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "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, no..."
