Eva Hesse(2016)

Name: Eva Hesse
Director: Marcie Begleiter
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Released: Apr 27, 2016
Cast: Selma Blair, Bob Balaban, Patrick Kennedy

Zeitgeist Films

PG-13
1h 48m

Release Date: Apr 27, 2016

Documentary feature film focusing on the life and times of Eva Hesse, a ground-breaking artist who was active in New York and Germany in the 1960's.

Official Website

Release Details

Original Release | Apr 27, 2016 | Limited

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Box Office Results

2025-01-31T12:41:34.590Z

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$12,780
Total US & Canada:
$157,481
Total Worldwide:
$157,481

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Director & Top Cast

Marcie Begleiter
Director

Selma Blair
Eva Hesse

Bob Balaban
Wilhelm Hesse

Patrick Kennedy
Sol Lewitt

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States, Germany

Language: English

Summaries

Storyline

A superstar in the art world, but little known outside, why does Eva Hesse continue to excite passions? This brilliant, gifted and visionary woman of 1960s NY survives personal chaos while creating work that changes the profile of art history. Along with creating a significant and deeply influential body of work during her short life, her story overlaps some of 20th century's most intriguing moments: Germany in the 1930's, New York's Jewish culture of immigration in the 1940's and the art scene in Manhattan and Germany in the 1960's. Hesse, one of the most important 20th century artists is finally revealed in this character-driven film, an emotionally gripping and inspiring journey with an artist of uncommon talent, a woman of extraordinary courage. Eva Hesse, a documentary that explores the journey of an extraordinary woman; an artist whose life was in dynamic interplay with the development of her ground-breaking work. The story takes place in the excitement of 1960's NY; the downtown art scene with the creative community, in their studios and on the streets plays a major role as does the burgeoning feminist movement. The film also explores her youth as a Jew in 1930's Germany, a country she returned to in 1964 to face her past and forge her future. A poignant look at a profoundly talented artist whose career, as it was beginning, ended in both tragedy and triumph.