Eva Nil
Acting
Biography
Eva Nil (25 June 1909 – 15 August 1990), born Eva Comello, was an Egyptian-born Brazilian film actress. Eva Comello was born in Cairo in 1909, the daughter of Ida Tonetti and Pietro Comello, both born in Italy. Her father was a photographer who became a filmmaker in Brazil after they immigrated in Eva's childhood. "Eva Nil" (also seen as Eva Nill), her chosen screen name, refers to her Egyptian birth, on the Nile River. Silent films featuring Eva Nil included Valadião, o Cratera (1925, "Valadião, the Crater", a short by Comello and his filmmaking partner Humberto Mauro), Na Primavera da Vida (1925, "The Spring of Life", also by Mauro), Senhorita Agora Mesmo (1928, "Miss Right Now", with Comello as cinematographer, producer, director, and actor), and Barro Humano (1929, by Adhemar Gonzaga). She was counted among the flappers, modern young actresses of 1920s cinema in Brazil. Eva Nil died in 1990, aged 81 years, in Cataguases, Minas Gerais, where she had lived for many years after retiring from film work. (Wikipedia)
Known For
Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.
Mulheres de Cinema
The story evolves around four women. The two lead characters, Vera and Gilda, middle-class women, are poor but ambitious. They face the bourgeois characters, Helena and Diva.
Human Clay
This movie was completely destroyed and there are only three fragments of this film, with less than 30 seconds (total). The movie has a great influence of the North American movies, and the gorgeous Eva Nil plays a kind of female version of "Tom Mix", wearing two colts and protecting the needy people.
Senhorita Agora Mesmo
The story takes place in the small town of São João, on the border between two states. The tax inspector has always hidden his innermost sorrows from his daughter, who is charmingly beautiful and youthful. These are the result of a mysterious decrease in income at the Post Office, caused by the criminal activity of a gang of smugglers led by an elegant, cunning and cowardly man. An engineer working for the State arrives in the town of São João. Unexpectedly, a brief romance begins between him and the inspector's daughter. The cunning smuggler leader also takes an interest in the young woman. He is not reciprocated. Jealousy and then hatred arise.
Na Primavera da Vida
A Brazilian style Western inspired by the young director's fondness for American films.