Olivia
1951, Film, 88 min, Comedy, Drama, French, France, MoviePedia score 66
"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.
Directed by Jacqueline Audry
Cast
- Edwige Feuillère as Mademoiselle Julie
- Simone Simon as Mademoiselle Cara
- Yvonne de Bray as Victoire - la cuisinière
- Suzanne Dehelly as Mademoiselle (Hortense) Dubois
- Lesly Meynard as Frau Riesener
- Rina Rhéty as Signorina Palletto
- Marina de Berg as Mimi - une pensionnaire
- Sophie Mallet as Une élève
- Christine Tsingos
- Elly Claus as Laura Thomson
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