| A Woman Like Eve | |
| Native Name: | |
| Director: | Nouchka van Brakel |
| Producer: | Matthijs van Heijningen |
| Cinematography: | Nurit Aviv |
| Editing: | Ine Schenkkan |
| Music: | Laurens van Rooyen |
| Studio: | Sigma Film Productions |
| Runtime: | 113 minutes |
| Country: | Netherlands |
A Woman Like Eve (Dutch; Flemish: Een vrouw als Eva) is a 1979 Dutch drama film directed by Nouchka van Brakel, about a woman who leaves her husband for another woman. The film stars Monique van de Ven in the title role of Eve, with Peter Faber as her husband Ad and Maria Schneider as Liliane, who becomes Eve's lover. The plot focuses on the child custody battle that ensues after Eve leaves her husband.[1]
The film had festival showings at FILMEX: Los Angeles International Film Exposition (Contemporary Cinema) (1980); San Francisco International Gay Film Festival (1981), and Gay & Lesbian Media Coalition's "Out on the Screen" Festival (1992).[2] The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3]