The Mystery of Alexina
1985·France·86 min.
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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.
DirectorRené Féret
MusicAnne-Marie Deschamps
CinematographyBernard Zitzermann
CastPhilippe Vuillemin·Valérie Stroh·Véronique Silver·Bernard Freyd·Marianne Basler·Pierre Vial·Philippe Clevenot·Isabelle Gruault·Lucienne Hamon·Claude Bouchery·Olivier Sabran·Michel Amphoux·Anne Cornaly·Vincent PinelShow all
Original titleMystère Alexina