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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/936/161936215_332374.jpg)
Jeanne Moreau
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
The 400 Blows (1959)
Back to the Wall (1958)
![Stanley Baker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/494/494635_bb05f3.jpg)
Stanley Baker
UK
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Yesterday's Enemy (1959)
![Virna Lisi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271801_75c9c5.jpg)
Virna Lisi
Italy
Best movies:
Bugie bianche (1980)
The Black Tulip (1964)
Queen Margot (1994)
![Lisa Gastoni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/801/163801867_391c52.jpg)
Lisa Gastoni
Italy
Best movies:
Wake Up and Die (1966)
Doctor in the House (1954)
Maria Montessori: una vita per i bambini (2007) (TV movie)
![Riccardo Garrone](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812436_1d35f3.jpg)
Riccardo Garrone
Italy
Best movies:
Three Bites of the Apple (1967)
A Tailor's Maid (1957)
La Dolce Vita (1960)
![James Villiers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/165/160165037_e3e6fb.jpg)
James Villiers
UK
Best movies:
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
The Public Eye (1972)
![Giorgio Albertazzi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/686/163686116_32e301.jpg)
Giorgio Albertazzi
Italy
Best movies:
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Last Year at Marienbad (1961)
![Vittorio De Sica](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/733/163733656_5a6d0b.png)
Vittorio De Sica
Italy
Best movies:
A Tailor's Maid (1957)
General Della Rovere (1959)
It Happened in the Park (1953)
![Enrico Maria Salerno](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964293_0e9f58.jpg)
Enrico Maria Salerno
Italy
Best movies:
Piazza di Spagna (1993) (series)
Escape by Night (1960)
The Gospel According to Matthew (1964)
![Joseph Losey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/830/78830844_82f541.jpg)
Joseph Losey
USA
Best movies:
Eva (1962)
![Enzo Fiermonte](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677391_bfb362.jpg)
Enzo Fiermonte
Italy
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Man of the East (1972)
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Ignazio Dolce
Italy
Best movies:
The Best of Enemies (1961)
The Colossus of Rhodes (1961)
The Last Days of Pompeii (1959)