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6.6"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.
Released: 1951-04-2796 minDir: Jacqueline AudryDrama, Romance
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Cast
- Edwige Feuillère as Mademoiselle Julie
- Simone Simon as Mademoiselle Cara
- Marie-Claire Olivia as Olivia Dealey
- Yvonne de Bray as Victoire
- Suzanne Dehelly as Mademoiselle Dubois
- Marina de Berg as Mimi
Themes
- suicide
- jealousy
- paris, france
- girls' boarding school
- lesbian relationship
- female protagonist
- teacher student relationship
- lgbt
- woman director
- 19th century
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
794 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
- Year
- 1951
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award1 nomination total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- French
- Director
- Jacqueline Audry
- Cast member
- Hélène Rémy
- Composer
- Pierre Sancan
- Cinematographer
- Christian Matras
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 538206
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1951-01-01
- title
- Olivia
- color
- black-and-white
- described by source
- Women Make Film
- review score
- 100%
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