The Three Faces of Eve (1957)

Directed by

Nunnally Johnson

Genre

drama film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

G

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 152 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Eve White struggles with blackouts and erratic behavior. Her doctors discover she has multiple distinct personalities. The film follows her treatment as they try to help her regain a stable sense of self.

intimateclinicalemotionally complexsoberslow-burnpsychologically intensereservedgrounded

What happens

The Three Faces of Eve is a 1957 American drama film presented in CinemaScope, based on the book of the same name about the life of Chris Costner Sizemore, which was written by psychiatrists Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley, who also helped write the screenplay. Sizemore, referred to by Thigpen and Cleckley as Eve White, was a woman they suggested might have dissociative identity disorder (then known as multiple personality disorder). Sizemore's identity was concealed in interviews about this film and was not revealed to the public until 1977. The film was directed by Nunnally Johnson. Joanne Woodward won the Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the first actress to win an Oscar for portraying three personalities (Eve White, Eve Black, and Jane). The Three Faces of Eve also became the first film since 1936—when Bette Davis won for Dangerous (1935)—to win the Best Actress award without getting nominated in any other category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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