EVA

EVE (1953) heralds the arrival of cinematic modernism in Europe, in the same way that Agnes Varda’s Pointe-Courte, is now considered in the bibliography to be the forerunner of the French Nouvelle Vague. Eve is the filmmaker’s first work with a plot set in the present and based on an original script that explores themes of betrayal and marital oppression through the story of a woman trapped in an unhappy marriage who begins a passionate affair. Maria Plyta created a radical representation of female sexual desire, female self-actualization, and presenting the male body as a source of visual pleasure. Additionally, with Eve, Plyta raises concerns about the institution of marriage, which can trap two people in a daily life full of anger, depression, and even hatred.