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The Book of Eve

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  • 1h 38m
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5.1/10
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The Book of Eve (2002)
Drama
A Romanian immigrant (Daniel Lavoie) uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around a reclusive woman's (Claire Bloom) heart.A Romanian immigrant (Daniel Lavoie) uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around a reclusive woman's (Claire Bloom) heart.A Romanian immigrant (Daniel Lavoie) uses good food, good humor and good conversation to break down the walls around a reclusive woman's (Claire Bloom) heart.
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
153
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
183,970
27,766
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    • Director
      • Claude Fournier
    • Writers
      • Constance Beresford-Howe(novel)
      • Claude Fournier(screenplay)
      • Terri Hawkes(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Claire Bloom
      • Daniel Lavoie
      • Susannah York
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    • Director
      • Claude Fournier
    • Writers
      • Constance Beresford-Howe(novel)
      • Claude Fournier(screenplay)
      • Terri Hawkes(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Claire Bloom
      • Daniel Lavoie
      • Susannah York
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    • 5User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Eva Smallwood
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      • Claude Fournier
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      • Constance Beresford-Howe(novel)
      • Claude Fournier(screenplay)
      • Terri Hawkes(screenplay)
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    It's never too late to change your life story
    This lovely Canadian feature has Claire Bloom, playing younger than her real age and looking plump, as an English woman who leaves her marriage after 40 years. Although the narrative presents living on the pension as near-homelessness, with Bloom rifling through garbage to find useful items, her new life also happens to provide her with a protective boarding-type house, and a romance with a younger man. The romance is helped by the charm of Danjel Lavdie who plays off Bloom's elegance - though she uses a manic laugh to suggest that isn't totally a lady.

    The treatment features an unintentional laugh in a gay man's line "I've never seen someone so careless with his (chess) queen", and a funny intentional exchange between Bloom and her ogre husband - "Couldn't ply your legs apart with a crowbar", "That probably wasn't the best way to try".

    Susannah York pops up as Bloom's oldest friend, but she is featured in some of director Claude Fournier's ill-advised fantasy scenes - one where a boy in a thong parades for both women, and others where the characters are outlined with white light.
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    • Release date
      • September 2002 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Telefilm Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Книга Єви
    • Filming locations
      • Montréal, Québec, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Focus Films
      • Focus Films
      • The Book of Eve Productions Inc.
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      • CA$6,300,000 (estimated)
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      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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