大概是法国第一部描写女同志的故事片"我从没想过要变成什么样子，因为无论我变成谁，我的人生都属于我自己。"——加藤惠，《电波女与青春男》。 Olivia(alsoknownasPitofLoneliness)isa1951FrenchfilmdirectedbyJacquelineAudry.Itisbasedonthe1950semi-autobiographicalnovelbyDorothyBussy.Ithasbeencalledalandmarkoflesbianrepresentation.OliviaarrivesatafinishingschoolandfallsinlovewithheadmistressMlle.Julie.Mlle.Juliefeelsthesame,buttriestosuppressherdesire.ForherpartasMlle.Julie,EdwigeFeuillèrewasnominatedforaBAFTAawardforBestForeignActressin1952. FrenchdirectorAudrymade18featurefilmsfrom1944to1972.HerearliestfilmsareprimeexamplesoftheFrench'traditionofquality.'ShefavoredplotsadaptedfromFrenchliterature.Audryismostdistinguishedfromherpeersinthatherfilmswereprimarilyfocuseduponfemaleleads,whereastraditionalFrenchcinemaiscenteredaroundthelivesofmen.Hermostnotoriousfilmwas1951'sOlivia,whichdealtwithlesbianrelationships.