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Olivia

Play trailer Poster for Olivia 1951,  1h 36m,  Drama/ LGBTQ+ Play Trailer Watchlist
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100% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 80% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings
A girl falls in love with her finishing school headmistress, who feels the same but tries to suppress her desires.

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Drew Gregory Autostraddle Sep 10, 2021
Olivia is one of the best lesbian films of all time. Go to Full Review
Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Aug 29, 2019
It brings to rich emotional life the swirl of influence and passion inside an all-girls boarding school buzzing with sentimental education around its grand central staircase. Go to Full Review
John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter Aug 15, 2019
Feuillere holds the screen in all kinds of ways, conveying the psychology of a woman who understands the effect she has on impressionable girls and wants to wield it for their betterment. Go to Full Review
Amelie Lasker FF2 Media Dec 28, 2020
Olivia is a particularly beautiful watch. Within lavish costumes, bedrooms, and ballrooms, the story is surprisingly intimate. Go to Full Review
Lauren Humphries-Brooks Citizen Dame Jun 4, 2020
It's a study in female relationships, their complexity, and the centralizing of female desire, couched in the form of a complex gothic melodrama that prizes women above all else. Go to Full Review
Nathanael Hood Unseen Films Jun 3, 2020
6/10
Audry's approach [in this film] was primarily mannered-nearly suffocatingly so-occasionally bordering on the naturalistic. Go to Full Review
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Jacqueline Audry

Director

Edwige Feuillère

Mlle. Julie

Simone Simon

Mlle. Cara

Yvonne de Bray

Victoire

Suzanne Dehelly

Mlle. Dubois

Danièle Delorme

Une ancienne élève

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Movie Info

Synopsis A girl falls in love with her finishing school headmistress, who feels the same but tries to suppress her desires.
Director
Jacqueline Audry
Producer
Jacqueline Audry, Jean Paris
Screenwriter
Pierre Laroche
Production Co
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
Genre
Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
Canadian French
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Aug 16, 2019
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 2, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$7.3K
Runtime
1h 36m
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