Olivia (1951)
"Olivia" captures the awakening passions of an English adolescent sent away for a year to a small finishing school outside Paris. The innocent but watchful Olivia develops an infatuation for her headmistress Julie and through this screen of love observes the tense romance between Julie and the other head of the school Cara in its final months.
- Date of release
- 1951-04-27
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (44)
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- Jacqueline Audry
Casting
- Edwige Feuillère — Mademoiselle Julie
- Simone Simon — Mademoiselle Cara
- Marie-Claire Olivia — Olivia Dealey
- Yvonne de Bray — Victoire
- Suzanne Dehelly — Mademoiselle Dubois
- Marina de Berg — Mimi
- Lesly Meynard — Frau Riesener
- Rina Rhéty — Signorina Palletto
- Tania Soucault — Georgie
- Elly Claus — Laura
- Nadine Olivier — Cécile
- Sophie Mallet — Student
Interesting facts
Olivia is a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry, and based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Dorothy Bussy. It has been called a "landmark of lesbian representation".
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