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Olivia is a french film of genre Drama directed by Jacqueline Audry with Edwige Feuillère

Olivia (1951)

Olivia
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Length 1h35
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OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating68% 3.430953.430953.430953.430953.43095

Olivia (also known as Pit of Loneliness) is a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry, and based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel by Dorothy Bussy. It has been called a "landmark of lesbian representation".

Synopsis

Olivia, an English teenager, arrives at a finishing school in France. Olivia finds comfort in the school which differs greatly from her former restrictive English boarding school and where the students and faculty are welcoming.

Actors

Edwige Feuillère

(Mademoiselle Julie)Simone Simon

(Mademoiselle Cara)Yvonne de Bray

(Victoire)Suzanne Dehelly

(Mademoiselle Dubois)Marie-Claire Olivia

(Olivia Dealey)
And :
Philippe Noiret
Marina de Berg
Danièle Delorme
Hélène Rémy
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