The Mystery of Alexina
1985In 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.
Acted in
Philippe Vuillemin
as Alexina Barbin / Camille Barbin
Valérie Stroh
as Sara
Véronique Silver
as Madame Avril
Bernard Freyd
as Armand
Marianne Basler
as Marie Avril
Pierre Vial
as Priest
Philippe Clévenot
as Doctor Chesnet
Isabelle Gruault
as Josephine
Lucienne Hamon
as Hotel manager
Claude Bouchery
as School inspector
Olivier Sabran
as Doctor
Michel Amphoux
as Hotel manager
Anne Cornaly
as Alexina's mother
Vincent Pinel
as A doctor