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 Francis Didelot's [fr] 1952 novel of the same name and was the first French film that covered sex change.[2]

Adam Is Eve
Directed byRené Gaveau
Written byRené Gaveau
Based onAdam est Ève by Francis Didelot [fr]
Produced byFernand Rivers
Lucien Viard
StarringMichèle Carvel
Jean Carmet
Thérèse Dorny
CinematographyGeorges Leclerc
Edited byMichelle David
Music byJean Yatove
Production
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Les Films Fernand Rivers
Orex Films
Distributed byLes Films Fernand Rivers
Release date
  • 30 July 1954 (1954-07-30)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Synopsis

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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.

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References

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  1. ^ Goble p.663
  2. ^ Reeser p.127

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Reeser, Todd W. (2017). "Transsexuality and the Production of French Universalism: René Gaveau's "Adam est... Ève" (1954)". The French Review. 91 (2): 126–138. ISSN 0016-111X.
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