➤ IN THE NOH from p.35
for power and control. The movie
is lovely to look, its rich period decor
and details akin to the opulent
productions of Max Ophüls, with
whom Audry apprenticed.
Four superb performances add
to the novelistic richness. Marie
Clare Olivia in the title role is initially
a dewy innocent but learns
the lay of the land in a trice, going
after what she wants with fi erce
determination, while touchingly
conveying the delicacy of a girl’s
heart and loins being stirred for
the fi rst time.
Yvonne de Bray wonderfully
opens the fi lm as the all-service
housekeeper, giving Olivia the full
411 as she drives her to the school
from her train. As Cara, Simon Simone,
prettily encased in the beautiful
fi n-de-siècle gowns (by Desvignes
and Leydet), brings her full
panoply of kittenish allure, that
soulful, inimitable pout, caressing
baby voice, and liquid grace. But
it’s the great diva eminence, Edwige
Feuillère (France’s fi rst Blanche
DuBois and a legendary Camille),
who dominates the fi lm, as well
Edwige Feuillère and Marie Claire Olivia in Jacqueline Audry’s 1951 “Olivia.”
she should, as the school’s superstar
player. You can absolutely understand
why her charges worship
her so, this rara avis who stalks
her turf with such magnifi cent authority,
gotten up like a queen and
fl inging little compliments and
sharp observations at them with
that legendary voice, which they
eagerly grab like so many fl ung
diamonds. The actress navigates
her way through the tricky but
ever-present elements of not only
lesbianism but also forbidden intergenerational
love with a kind of
miraculous, seeming nonchalance
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