A Woman Like Eve

A Woman Like Eve

"A Woman Like Eve" ("Een Vrouw als Eva") is a 1979 Dutch film centered around a woman who leaves her husband for a lesbian relationship. The film was directed byimdb title|id=0080109|title=A Woman Like Eve Accessed 13 June 2008.]

The film is directed by Nouchka van Brakel; Monique van de Ven stars 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 centers on the child custody battle that ensues after Eve leaves her marriage. [Eleanor Mannikka, [http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/149293/Een-Vrouw-Als-Eva/overview Een Vrouw Als Eva (1979)] , All Movie Guide, "New York Times". Accessed 13 June 2008.]

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). [ [http://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/70384/EenVrouw%20Als%20Eva.html?dataSet=1 Een Vrouw Als Eva] , "Variety" online. Accessed 13 June 2008.]

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* Lisa DiCaprio, [http://www.ejumpcut.org/archive/onlinessays/JC29folder/Lianna.html "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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