A Woman Like Eve (Dutch: Een vrouw als Eva) is a 1979 Dutch drama film directed by Nouchka van Brakel, about a woman who leaves her husband for another woman. The film stars Monique van de Ven in the title role of Eve, with Peter Faber as her husband Ad and Maria Schneider as Liliane, who becomes Eve's lover. The plot focuses on the child custody battle that ensues after Eve leaves her husband.[1]
The film had festival showings at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Contemporary Cinema) (1980); San Francisco International Gay Film Festival (1981), and Gay & Lesbian Media Coalition's "Out on the Screen" Festival (1992).[2] The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]
Cast
- Monique van de Ven as Eve
- Maria Schneider as Liliane
- Marijke Merckens as Sonja
- Peter Faber as Ad
- Renée Soutendijk as Sigrid
- Anna Knaup as Britta
- Mike Bendig as Sander
- Truus Dekker as Mom
- Helen van Meurs as Lawyer
See also
- List of submissions to the 52nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Dutch submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ Eleanor Mannikka, Een Vrouw Als Eva (1979), Allmovie, New York Times. Accessed 13 June 2008.
- ^ Een Vrouw Als Eva, Variety online. Accessed 13 June 2008.
- ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
External links
- A Woman Like Eve at IMDb
- A Woman Like Eve at AllMovie
- Lisa DiCaprio, Lianna: Liberal Lesbianism, Jump Cut, no. 29, February 1984, pp. 45–47. Contrasts A Woman Like Eve to John Sayles's film Lianna.
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