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A Woman Like Eve (Een vrouw als Eva) + ScreenTalk with director Nouchka van Brakel (15*)

Queer 70s

,Cinema 2
A still from A Woman Like Eve, showing two naked women embracing in bed.

After leaving her husband for another woman, a mother faces difficult challenges and decisions about her future in Nouchka van Brakel’s Dutch melodrama from 1979.

Eefje (Moniek van de Ven) is a loving mother and wife but feels unhappy and unfulfilled, leading to a public breakdown. A recuperating trip to the French seaside changes her life, when she encounters a feminist commune and begins an affair with singer Liliane (Maria Schneider), who re-christens her with the name ‘Eve’. Eve’s husband is furious when she wishes to continue her new relationship and a bitter custody battle begins.

A Woman Like Eve captures the feminist zeitgeist of the 1970s without softening the tough consequences of following your heart. Van Brakel’s films centre women’s experiences navigating a patriarchal world and A Woman Like Eve is one of her best works.

This screening will be followed by a ScreenTalk with director Nouchka van Brakel, hosted by Gali Gold.

Tagged with: Cinema Queer 70s

In Dutch with English subtitles

 

Supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Film information
  • Release year   1979
  • Country   Netherlands
  • Director   Nouchka van Brakel
  • Runtime   1 hr 42 min

Gali Gold is the former Head of Cinema at the Barbican where she previously worked as a Cinema Curator. Gali has a wide experience in film programming and exhibition which she gained in a variety of roles prior to her extensive work at the Barbican. These include: Head of Programme at Birds' Eye View, Artistic Director of the UK Jewish Film Festival, Festival Producer at DocAviv Documentary Festival and Associate Producer at the Jerusalem Film Festival.

Cinema 2

Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue. 

Address
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