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Olivia (also known as Pit of Loneliness) is a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry. It is based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel by Dorothy Bussy. It has been called a "landmark of lesbian representation". Olivia arrives at a finishing school and falls in love with headmistress Mlle. Julie. Mlle. Julie feels the same, but tries to suppress her desire. For her part as Mlle. Julie, Edwige Feuillère was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Foreign Actress in 1952.
French director Audry made 18 feature films from 1944 to 1972. Her earliest films are prime examples of the French 'tradition of quality.' She favored plots adapted from French literature. Audry is most distinguished from her peers in that her films were primarily focused upon female leads, whereas traditional French cinema is centered around the lives of men. Her most notorious film was 1951's Olivia, which dealt with lesbian relationships.
Soo-ha leaves the city and goes to the roadside rest stop inherited from her father. The rest stop, however, is losing business as much as Soo-ha’s life is losing vitality. Because of a new road, few people pass this way and there are two employees who don’t really fit in. Even worse, her brother comes and passes his partial ownership to her and leaves his daughter behind. As Soo-ha gradually wears down, a South American band ‘Kawsay’ drops by the rest stop in the middle of their trip. Soo-ha welcomes them thinking they might attract more visitors.
Walter(理查·詹金斯 Richard Jenkins 饰)的生活一成不变,20多年来教同一门课程,与别人一起合著自己没有出过半分力的书,请私人教师学钢琴又难以与人相处。生活沉闷如一潭死水。直到与他合著出书的shelly待产而无法前去参加学术年会换成Walter出席,他的生命才赢来转变。
由于妻子去世而极少去纽约的Walter一回到纽约的家赫然发现家里有两个陌生人!误会过后才明白这对小情侣是被人所骗才租了这间屋子。Walter让他们留下,Tarek是来自叙利亚的热情的小伙子,热爱打鼓,他的女友则是来自塞内加尔的黑人。Walter被Tarek的开朗所打动,跟他学打鼓,还跟着他去公园参加少数族裔的打鼓练习。
这天Walter与Tarek练习过后赶着回家,过地铁时因为要过鼓Tarek错过了最好的过关卡的机会,从关卡上跳过时被警察逮捕拘留。Walter这才知道他们是非法移民,他为他聘请律师东奔西跑,毫无进展之际Tarek的母亲Mouna(西亚姆·阿巴斯 Hiyam Abbas 饰)因为担心儿子而上门,Walter安抚这位母亲焦急的情绪,带她去纽约四处散心,二人产生一种互相懂得理解的情愫。Walter从学校请了长假,决定留在纽约,去做他认为真正有意义且值得去做的事
Elie, a young woman from the city, has come to a remote North Atlantic island. It's the spring thaw, and she is here to convalesce and get to know the community. The annual seal hunt is in full swing, and Elie feels both drawn to and repelled by the men engaged in it. In this isolated world, people's lives and deaths are shaped by the brute forces of nature. Elie's presence arouses curiosity and mistrust. Maria, the village matriarch and den mother, seeks to uncover the secret reason behing Elie's visit. Wolves explores the profound need for belonging.
Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in or risk becoming the next victim.