The read
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
"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.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 31 points higher than audiences do.
44 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacqueline AudryDirector
- Colette AudryWriter
- Pierre LarocheWriter
Cast
- Edwige FeuillèreMademoiselle Julie
- Simone SimonMademoiselle Cara
- Marie-Claire OliviaOlivia Dealey
- Yvonne de BrayVictoire
- Suzanne DehellyMademoiselle Dubois
- Marina de BergMimi
- Lesly MeynardFrau Riesener
- Rina RhétySignorina Palletto
- Tania SoucaultGeorgie
- Elly ClausLaura
- Nadine OlivierCécile
- Sophie MalletStudent
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Themes
suicidejealousyparis, francegirls' boarding schoollesbian relationshipfemale protagonistteacher student relationshiplgbtwoman director19th century