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Eva
Movie

Eva

2021 • Drama, Romance

Woke Score
6
out of 10

Plot

When Eva, a young housemaid, gets involved in a steamy threesome with a houseboy and her lady boss, she realizes she has to choose only one of them.

Overall Series Review

The film is an erotic drama centered on Eva, a sexually curious housemaid, and the love triangle that forms after she engages in a threesome with her lady boss, Victoria, and a houseboy, Lauro. The plot quickly moves past any complex character development or moral consideration, focusing almost entirely on the characters' intense sexual exploration and the central romantic-sexual conflict. The director acknowledged that the film's core subject is sex, a perspective which critics suggest resulted in a narrative devoid of logic or story. The entire conflict is driven by Eva's choice between a male and a female partner, and the narrative centers on her personal sexual fulfillment.

Categorical Breakdown

Identity Politics5/10

The narrative places a housemaid at the center of the conflict with her wealthy lady boss and a fellow houseboy. This setup uses a clear class and economic hierarchy as a backdrop for the drama, an element of the intersectional lens. The film, however, does not introduce any explicit political lecturing on systemic oppression or vilification of a specific race, keeping the score in the middle range.

Oikophobia1/10

The film is a personal, modern erotic drama with no reported evidence of hostility toward its native Filipino culture, ancestors, or heritage. There is no deconstruction of its home culture or a 'Noble Savage' trope at play.

Feminism6/10

The female protagonist's journey is defined by her sexual agency, curiosity, and ultimate choice between two partners, which aligns with modern feminist concepts of female sexual liberation and fulfillment. The boss character is portrayed as an attractive woman with 'unlimited sexual appetite,' centering female desire and power. The film does not explore motherhood or career, but the narrative focus on individual, unrestricted female desire elevates the score.

LGBTQ+9/10

The core of the plot is a love triangle in which the main female character must choose between a male and a female sexual partner. The entire conflict centers an alternative sexuality, specifically bisexuality, making sexual identity and non-normative relationships the primary driver of the story. The narrative actively deconstructs the traditional male-female pairing as the sole focus of a romantic plot.

Anti-Theism8/10

Reviews of the film note a narrative that is completely driven by sex, to the extent that 'basic morals' are gone, indicating an embrace of complete moral relativism. The film's preoccupation with subjective sexual desire and fulfillment over any form of objective moral or spiritual framework places the story squarely in a spiritual vacuum.