"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.
Title:Olivia
Year:1951
Country:France
Studio:Memnon Films, Les Films de la Pléiade, Filmsonor
Cast:Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray, Suzanne Dehelly, Marina de Berg
Crew:Jacqueline Audry (Director), Dorothy Bussy (Novel), Colette Audry (Adaptation), Pierre Laroche (Dialogue), Christian Matras (Director of Photography), Carmen Brel (Makeup Artist)
Keyword:suicide, jealousy, paris, france, girls' boarding school, lesbian relationship, female protagonist, teacher student relationship, lgbt, woman director, 19th century
Release: Apr 27, 1951
Runtime: 96 minutes
IMDb: 6.5 / 10 by 33 users
Popularity: 0.6986
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Language: English, Français, Italiano
