Olivia (1951)

19511h 32mdir. Jacqueline AudryFrenchFrancedrama filmLGBTQ-related film

With Edwige Feuillère, Marie-Claire Olivia, Philippe Noiret, Simone Simon, Suzanne Dehelly, Yvonne de Bray, Danièle Delorme, Paul Mesnier

Directed by Jacqueline Audry

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Olivia (also known as The Pit of Loneliness) is a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry, and based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Dorothy Bussy. It has been called a "landmark of lesbian representation".

Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from the Internet Archive.

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