The Book of Eve
Synopsis
Her 65th birthday arrives along with her first pension cheque, which proves to be a major wake up call.
Dumping Burt her grumpy and ungrateful husband of forty years, she flees the safe cocoon and wealth of suburbia and heads for the uncertainty of the big city, figuring the only things in life you regret are the things you don't do.
Life's not easy at first for Eva, but it's a damn sight more exciting when Johnny a passionate Romanian immigrant 20 years her junior re-lights her fire with good cooking, stimulating conversations, and lots of laughs. Her walls crumble, and her senses begin to awaken.
A heart-warming voyage of discovery, The Book of Eve explores how modern women at 65 can be sensual, attractive, funny and intelligent and that coming of age isn't restricted to teenagers!
Details
- Year
- 2003
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 99 mins 54 secs
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
-
Claude Fournier
- Producer
- Andre Link, David Pupkewitz
- Editor
- Jean-Pierre Cereghetti
- Screenwriter
- Terri Hawkes, Claude Fournier
- Director of Photography
- Ivan Strasburg
- Sound
- Mike Prestwood-Smith
- Composer
- Carl David
- Principal cast
- Claire Bloom, Daniel Lavoie, Susannah York, Julian Glover
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
The Rotunda Studios
c/o 116-118 Finchley Road,London NW3 5HT
UK
T+44 (0)20 7435 9004
focus@pupix.demon.co.uk
Sales Company
Lions Gate Films International 4553 Glencoe Avenue
Suite 200Marina del Rey
CA90292 USA
T +1 310 314 2000
www.lionsgatefilms.com
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