A Woman Like Eve

1979 film by Nouchka van Brakel

A Woman Like Eve
Theatrical release poster

Dutch	Een vrouw als Eva

Directed by	Nouchka van Brakel
Written by	Judith Herzberg Nouchka van Brakel
Produced by	Matthijs van Heijningen
Starring	Monique van de Ven Maria Schneider Peter Faber
Cinematography	Nurit Aviv
Edited by	Ine Schenkkan
Music by	Laurens van Rooyen
Production company	Sigma Film Productions
Release date	25 January 1979 (1979-01-25)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Netherlands
Languages	Dutch English

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

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.