Searching Eva

Searching Eva

2019 · 85 min · ★ 5.3 · Documentary

This is the tale of a young woman, growing up in the age of the internet and turning the search for oneself into a public spectacle, allowing kids from all over the world to live their life through hers. Through her fragmented personalities you see the emergence of a new generation, in which the concept of a fixed identity has grown old.

Directed by Pia Hellenthal · Written by Giorgia Malatrasi

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