Eva

"They called her the 8th deadly sin!"

1962 1h 40m EN

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6.0

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★6.0TMDB · 64

Drama

Synopsis

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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.

“They called her the 8th deadly sin!”

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Cast

Jeanne Moreau
Eva Olivier
Stanley Baker
Tyvian Jones
Giorgio Albertazzi
Sergio Branco Malloni - a Movie Director (uncredited)
James Villiers
Alan McCormick - a Screenwriter
Virna Lisi
Francesca Ferrara
Riccardo Garrone
Michele - a Player
Lisa Gastoni
The Red-Headed Russian
Checco Rissone
Pieri

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joseph Losey
Writers: Hugo Butler, Evan Jones
Languages: Italian, English
Countries: France, Italy

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ERA

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64 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, Italy.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joseph Losey, shot by Gianni Di Venanzo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michel Legrand. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Reginald Beck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Jeanne Moreau and Stanley Baker and Giorgio Albertazzi carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They called her the 8th deadly sin!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Joseph Losey directs. Gianni Di Venanzo behind the camera. Michel Legrand scores. Reginald Beck cuts. Produced in France, Italy. Dialogue in Italian, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

164 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Italian, English.
3International production across 2 countries: France, Italy.
4Directed by Joseph Losey, shot by Gianni Di Venanzo. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Michel Legrand. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Reginald Beck shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Jeanne Moreau and Stanley Baker and Giorgio Albertazzi carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "They called her the 8th deadly sin!".
9IMDB entry: tt0059160 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 64 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 18 themes, including "sexual obsession", "rome, italy", "call girl", "older woman seduces younger guy".

The technical file

Cinematography: Gianni Di Venanzo
Original score: Michel Legrand
Editing: Reginald Beck
Production design: Richard Macdonald
Makeup / hair: Franco Freda
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Eva (1962)

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Community reviews

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CinemaSerf2022-03-27
★ 5/10
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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