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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
- Duration
- 95
- FilmAffinity ID
- 538206
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- publication date
- 1951-01-01
- title
- Olivia
- review score
- 100%
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Gallery (7)
Connections
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
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International Standard Book Number
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IMDb
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lesbian
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chloral
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Simone Simon
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Andromaque
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Edwige Feuillère
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Danièle Delorme
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Unifrance
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Jacqueline Audry
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autobiographical novel
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Yvonne de Bray
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Pierre Sancan
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Dorothy Bussy
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finishing school
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Christian Matras
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University of Minnesota Press
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Colette Audry
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Girl on the Road
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Categories
1950s historical drama films1950s LGBTQ-related films1951 drama films1951 films1951 French films1951 French-language filmsFilms about educatorsFilms based on French novelsFilms directed by Jacqueline AudryFilms set in boarding schoolsFilms set in FranceFilms set in the 1880sFilms set in the 19th centuryFrench black-and-white filmsFrench historical drama filmsFrench-language historical drama filmsFrench LGBTQ-related filmsLesbian-related filmsTemplate film date with 2 release dates