Adam Is Eve
Adam Is Eve is a 1954 French comedy film directed by René Gaveau and starring Michèle Carvel, Jean Carmet and Thérèse Dorny. It is based on 1952 novel of the same name and was the first French film that covered sex change.
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