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.Goble p.663 It is based on the 1952 novel of the same name by and was the first French film that covered sex change.Reeser p.127
Synopsis 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. Unwilling to tell his family or fiancée, he disappears and earns a living dancing in a nude cabaret show.
Cast Michèle Carvel as Charles / Charlotte Beaumont Jean Carmet as Gaston Thérèse Dorny as Mme Beaumont Mireille Perrey as Mme Corinne Antoine Balpêtré as Dr. Charman Anouk Ferjac as Claire Antoinette Moya as Adeline Beaumont Robert Lombard as Alphonse Robert Rocca as Léon Gilbert Guiraud as Lucien René Blancard as M Beaumont Jean Tissier as M Lapopie Georges Bever as Le garçon Fransined as Le brigadier Claire Gérard as La concierge François Joux as La pâte brisée Michel Nastorg as Le maître d'hôtel André Numès Fils as Le commissaire René Berthier as Le portier
References
Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
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