1951
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Queerguru revists OLIVIA a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry that has been called a “landmark of lesbian representation’
TURN BACK TIME : Queerguru revisits OLIVIA (also known as The Pit of Loneliness) 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. Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal,…
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Re-release of ‘OLIVIA’ from 1951 : hothouse lesbian passion in an upper class French girls school
As it is Film Fest time, all of Queerguru’s team of reviewers are knee deep in (hopefully the best) new queer cinema as they flit around the Globe so we can share with you what’s hot. And what’s not. Its also very important to us that we keep an eye over our shoulders to see…
