Eva (I) (2011)

A shy genius is employed by his former university to design robot software.

Director:

Kike Maíllo

Writers:

Sergi Belbel (screenplay), Cristina Clemente (screenplay),

Stars:

Daniel Brühl, Marta Etura, Alberto Ammann

15 wins & 28 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daniel Brühl	...	Alex Garel
Marta Etura	...	Lana Levi
Alberto Ammann	...	David Garel
Claudia Vega	...	Eva
Anne Canovas	...	Julia
Lluís Homar	...	Max
Sara Rosa Losilla	...	Prototipo 519 (as Sara Rosa)
Manel Dueso	...	Profesor (as Manuel Dueso)
Ona Casamiquela	...	Dorotea
Peter Vives	...	Eric
Jordi Díaz	...	Médico
Oscar Valsecchi	...	Camarero
Bernat Saumell	...	Alumno Laboratorio #1
Juan Campavadal	...	Alumno Laboratorio #2
Harris Gordon	...	Policía (as Harris James Gordon)

Storyline

Set in 2041, Alex Garel is a well-known robot programmer who after 10 years returns to his home town to work in his old university when his friend Julia brings him a project to create a new line of robot child. There Alex meets his brother David, Lana (Alex's former lover and David's current wife), and Eva, Alex's 10-years-old niece. Looking for inspiration, Alex asks help Eva to be the muse of the new robot, watching her attitude and behavior during the time they spend together, making emotional tests to configure its personality. The relationship with his niece gives Alex doubts about finishing the project and awakens old feelings for Lana, at the same time he starts suspecting that perhaps the lovely and imaginative Eva is hiding an important secret about Lana and herself.

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Plot Keywords:

university | robot | one word title | future | android | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [es] Official site [fr]

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

28 October 2011 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Eva - Gefühle kann man nicht programmieren

Filming Locations:

Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

€7,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+ España, Canal+, Escándalo Films S.L.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Young Claudia Vega was chosen after a casting session that spanned six months. She was selected from among 3,000 candidates.

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Connections

Referenced in Special Collector's Edition: La última noche del Titanic (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Beautiful Day"
Written by Steve Dudas and Mark Hart

User Reviews

Eva (2011)

Gorgeous Spanish fairytale set in a realistic not too distant future. Eva sees a robot programmer return to his hometown so he can help program a robot child. First he needs to find inspiration from children in the area.After finding the majority to be boring he comes across a young girl named Eva who just happens to be the daughter of his ex-love. Eva fascinates him and he soon begins research so that a robot can take on her personality, but will her characteristics translate well into the robot world? Eva is a film that remains quiet. It knows its ideas and themes are fascinating and so it underplays them and lets your imagination run away with your own ideas. This is expressed best of all when we are first introduced to the world. There is no huge fanfare or showing off. The robots merely exist in the world with the humans. We first get a glimpse of this when Daniel Bruhl returns home and is followed by a robotic cat. The emotions that are present throughout are truly moving as it asks, in typical robot/man fashion, what it is to be human and can science go too far? Bruhl is a wonderful lead, who clearly gets across his fascination with robots, but also his frustration with them. He really does fail to make the most of his gift, but maybe that is for the best. The cinematography is gorgeous, with Eva's red coat constantly standing out from the snow swept landscapes. An enjoyable and thought provoking drama.