Adam Is Eve | |
Director: | René Gaveau |
Producer: | Fernand Rivers Lucien Viard |
Based On: | Adam est Ève by |
Starring: | Michèle Carvel Jean Carmet Thérèse Dorny |
Cinematography: | Georges Leclerc |
Editing: | Michelle David |
Studio: | Les Films Fernand Rivers Orex Films |
Distributor: | Les Films Fernand Rivers |
Runtime: | 92 minutes |
Country: | France |
Adam Is Eve (French: Adam est... Ève) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by René Gaveau and starring Michèle Carvel, Jean Carmet and Thérèse Dorny.[1] It is based on 1952 novel of the same name and was the first French film that covered sex change.[2]
Charles Beaumont is finishing his national service and is engaged to be married. After taking part in a boxing match he increasingly feels strange sensations and goes to consult a doctor. He is transformed into Charlotte, a young woman, and unwilling to tell his family or fiancée he disappears and earns a living dancing in a nude cabaret show.