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Olivia( 1951)

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Overview

"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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Edwige Feuillère

      Mademoiselle Julie

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      Simone Simon

      Mademoiselle Cara

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      Marie-Claire Olivia

      Olivia Dealey

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      Yvonne de Bray

      Victoire

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      Suzanne Dehelly

      Mademoiselle Dubois

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      Marina de Berg

      Mimi

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      Lesly Meynard

      Frau Riesener

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      Rina Rhéty

      Signorina Palletto

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      Tania Soucault

      Georgie

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      Elly Claus

      Laura

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      Nadine Olivier

      Cécile

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      Sophie Mallet

      Student

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      Hélène Rémy

      Boarder

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      Michèle Monty

      Boarder

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      Ludmilla Hols

      Boarder

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      Marcelle Arditi

      Boarder

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      Martine Bridou

      Student

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      Patricia Solair

      Boarder

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      Lisette Lebon

      Boarder

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      Jacqueline Siber

      Boarder

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      Violette Verdy

      Boarder

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      Suzy Dumas

      Student

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      Catherine Alba

      Student

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      Jocelyne Jany

      Student

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      Eliane Salmon

      Student

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      Evelyne Salmon

      Investigator

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      Gabriel Sardet

      Investigator

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      Paul Mesnier

      Investigator

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      Gilles Ange

      Investigator

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      Christine Tsingos

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      Renée Coriou

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      Renée France

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      Chantal Schoenlaub

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      Christine Carère

      Student (uncredited)

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      Jacqueline Delannoy

      Boarder (uncredited)

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      Danièle Delorme

      Former Student (uncredited)

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      Fernand Fabre

      (uncredited)

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      Philippe Noiret

      Béatrice's Lover (uncredited)

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      Roseline Prince

      Student (uncredited)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Tue Jan 07 2025
    There are two pivotal women in this film, and it's not going to be easy for the young and impressionable "Olivia" (Marie-Claire Olivia) to decide in which camp to put her feet! She is an English lass who has arrived at a posh finishing school in France where she is welcomed by the school's charismatic and enigmatic "Miss Julie" (Edwige Feuillère) with whom she forms an instant attachment. Then there's the more cutely manipulative "Miss Cara" (Simone Simon) who has some sort undefined illness that sees half the school constantly pampering her and indulging her every need. She, too, is fascinated...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • suicide
    • jealousy
    • paris, france
    • girls' boarding school
    • lesbian relationship
    • female protagonist
    • teacher student relationship
    • lgbt
    • woman director
    • 19th century