

Olivia
"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.
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6.6/10
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- suicide
- jealousy
- paris, france
- girls' boarding school
- lesbian relationship
- female protagonist
- teacher student relationship
- lgbt
- woman director
- 19th century
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalNew York City, New York8 Apr 1954
- Theatrical4K Restoration16 Aug 2019
United KingdomGB
- PremiereBerwick Film & Media Arts Festival22 Sept 2016
- TheatricalRe-release17 Sept 2019
DenmarkDK
- PremiereGay & Lesbian Film Festival27 Oct 1991
FranceFR
- Theatrical27 Apr 1951
- TheatricalRe-release (Restored Version)5 Dec 2018
- Theatrical (limited)Cinémathèque Française29 Sept 2019
- PremiereSaint-Etienne LGBTI Film Festival19 Nov 2019
- PremiereParis Chéries Chéris Film Festival25 Nov 2019
GermanyDE
- Digital / OTTRestored Version8 Apr 2020
JapanJP
- Theatrical9 Oct 1952
PolandPL
- Digital / OTT25 Dec 2021
PortugalPT
- Theatrical (limited)Cinemateca Portuguesa8 Oct 2021
UkraineUA
- PremiereOdesa International Film Festival25 Sept 2020
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Olivia was released on 27 April 1951.
Audience reviews
1- C7/10
CinemaSerf
1/7/2025
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…
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