In 1856, fresh from life with nuns in an orphanage school, Alexina Barbin comes to a coastal village in La Rochelle to teach the village girls. She is deeply religious. She shares the classroom and a bedroom with the young and vivacious Sara, with whom she falls in love. Alexina has another secret: her gender is mysterious. She and Sara begin a scandalous love affair, but Alexina seeks marriage and social acceptance. She discloses her secrets to the village priest, to her mother, to the bishop, and to the bishop's physician. After the church and court rule on her petition, marriage to Sara becomes Alexina's sole purpose and hope.
René Féret
Director
Philippe Vuillemin
Alexina Barbin / Camille Barbin
Valérie Stroh
Sara
Véronique Silver
Madame Avril
Bernard Freyd
Armand
Marianne Basler
Marie Avril
Pierre Vial
Priest
Philippe Clévenot
Doctor Chesnet
Isabelle Gruault
Josephine
Lucienne Hamon
Hotel manager
Nos batailles64%
Ice Castles63%
Comme un fils61%
La Belle Équipe74%
La Place d'une autre59%
À pied d’œuvre66%
Éloge de l'amour66%
Haute Couture61%
Merci la vie62%
De toutes nos forces69%
Mes frères et moi71%
Pour la France61%
Le Quatrième Mur69%
Les Magnétiques65%
La Nouvelle Vie de Paul Sneijder59%
Hiver à Sokcho66%
Eleanor the Great69%
Return64%
L'Eau froide63%
Imagine72%
