Name: Olivia
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1951-04-27
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 7.0
Cast: Edwige Feuillère, Simone Simon, Marie-Claire Olivia, Yvonne de Bray, Suzanne Dehelly

1951·Drama·1h 36m

7.0

★

"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

suicide

jealousy

paris, france

girls' boarding school

lesbian relationship

female protagonist

teacher student relationship

lgbt

woman director

19th century

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Cast

Edwige Feuillère

Mademoiselle Julie

Simone Simon

Mademoiselle Cara

Marie-Claire Olivia

Olivia Dealey

Yvonne de Bray

Victoire

Marina de Berg

Mimi

Sophie Mallet

Student

Hélène Rémy

Boarder

Lisette Lebon

Boarder

Christine Carère

Student (uncredited)

Danièle Delorme

Former Student (uncredited)

Fernand Fabre

(uncredited)

Philippe Noiret

Béatrice's Lover (uncredited)

Crew

Jacqueline Audry

Director

Colette Audry

Writer

Christian Matras

Director of Photography

Jacqueline Audry

Producer

Colette Audry

Adaptation

Alain Douarinou

Camera Operator

Claude Pinoteau

First Assistant Director

Popular Reviews

84 reviews

Giulianna

9.0★ · 02/09/26

Mademoiselle Cara merecia mucho más 😭😭.

La película en sí es muy buena mostrando lo complejo que son las relaciones y los sentimientos del primer amor adolescente. Lo que me gustó mucho es que que no se tiene muy romantizado la imagen de Mademoiselle Julie que en si es muy encantadora, es algo manipuladora y también cruel (ES UNA MUJER ADULTA QUE SEDUCE ADOLESCENTES) sin olvidar el conflicto principal entre maestra-alumna que es bastante cuestionable. Pero en fin, fue increíble.

viv

10.0★ · 06/03/26

I am distressed.. happy pride!

viv

10.0★ · 04/10/26

half watched while I cleaned but you cannot wrench this movie away from my cold dead hands at this point

viv

10.0★ · 03/14/26

rewatch number I don’t even know… EVERY TIME I rewatch I notice some new fucked up thing

the more I rewatch the more I can appreciate how understated but also crazy good Edwige’s performance was, she scares me so bad as Julie but she’s tragic in a way

also I love when Olivia is about to go to bed and Julie comes back from Paris and you can hear Cara ask Julie if she’s back and it’s such a cute, small moment before everything becomes awful again

viv

10.0★ · 02/01/26

um rewatch after I accidentally found the letters between the people who inspired cara and julie…. I can’t just sit on this info guys idk that was a lot to read and my whole perspective on the book and movie will never be the same

the movie is really accurate to those letters with the added movie only scenes between Cara and Julie and overall made me appreciate how much more context the movie gives over the book