Eva

In a whiteout of snow, a weary playwright takes shelter in a remote chalet and meets a woman whose presence unsettles him. What begins as a chance encounter slips into an all consuming fixation. He finds his routines and writing habits tested as the stranger's secrets surface and his own desires become entangled with danger. The storm outside isolates them and sharpens the tension inside, turning a simple bad weather stopover into a perilous dance of attraction and suspicion. As reality blurs with fantasy, their exchange pushes him toward choices he never imagined, with the line between admiration and manipulation growing murky. Jacquot's precise camera work frames Huppert's enigmatic Eva, keeping specifics just out of reach. The tension quietly tests his craft.

Directed by Benoît Jacquot, Eva adapts Gilles Taurand's screenplay from James Hadley Chase. The 2018 drama reunites Isabelle Huppert with Gaspard Ulliel, delivering a poised portrait of obsession that lets both leads carve subtle, unsettling tensions.

Box office data for Eva is not widely reported; the film had a modest release and did not register notable international grosses, with distribution staying largely in art house cinemas and a few festival screenings abroad, plus occasional international festival legs.

Awards: No major nominations are listed for Eva, and its praise was largely for performances and mood rather than prize wins. The film attracted attention at select festivals but did not become a staple on awards ballots. Critics noted its restrained approach, its visual precision, and Huppert's command in scenes.

Critics note Eva as a tightly wound mood piece, built on restraint and the pull of a mysterious woman. It explores obsession, power and how desire can distort reality when a stranger disrupts a writer's routine, challenging ideas of control, trust and the boundaries between art and life and identity.