A seven-decades-standing cinematic landmark, via a pioneering French female director, of lesbian representation; the dreamily romantic movie itself unfolds decades prior, at a 19th-century finishing school where English enrollee Olivia (played by [Marie-]Claire Olivia) is stirred by both her headmistress (French stage icon Edwige Feuillère, whose performance earned a BAFTA Award nomination) and her teacher (Simone Simon of the original Cat People). Based on a novella by Dorothy Bussy (credited as “Olivia”), who dedicated it to Virginia Woolf.

In French with English subtitles.

An Icarus Films / Distrib Films US release.