Directed by:
Joseph LoseyComposer:
Michel LegrandCast:
Jeanne Moreau, Stanley Baker, Virna Lisi, Lisa Gastoni, Riccardo Garrone, James Villiers, Giorgio Albertazzi, Vittorio De Sica, Enrico Maria Salerno (more)Plots(1)
Joseph Losey directed this forgotten masterpiece about a Welsh writer, Tyvian Jones, living in Venice and reaping the benefits of a successful novel and film career. His glamorous life of Venetian estates, film festivals, and parties is rudely interrupted when a mysterious woman named Eva (Jeanne Moreau) and her escort break into his canal-side villa seeking shelter on a stormy night. Tyvian is immediately infatuated with the shriekingly blasé Eva, who greets his initial advances with a swift hit to the head with an ashtray but nevertheless proceeds to draw him in to a torturous and obsessive relationship. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Jeanne Moreau
France
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Stanley Baker
UK
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Virna Lisi
Italy
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Lisa Gastoni
Italy
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Riccardo Garrone
Italy
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James Villiers
UK
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Giorgio Albertazzi
Italy
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Le Notti Bianche (1957)
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Vittorio De Sica
Italy
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Enrico Maria Salerno
Italy
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Joseph Losey
USA
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Eva (1962)
Enzo Fiermonte
Italy
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Ignazio Dolce
Italy
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