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The Ladies Almanack (2017)

In Paris in 1928 American Djuna Barnes writes a farcical novel about the lovers, friends and publishing elite that make up "lesbian Don Juan" Natalie Clifford Barney's sordid salon. Dolly Wilde, Elizabeth Gramont, Romaine Brooks, Mimi Franchetti, Colette, Gertrude Stein, Liane de Pougy, Radclyffe Hall, Mina Loy, Janet Flanner and many more of the finest minds of her time enter her colorful book. Concocted to cheer up Barnes' ailing girlfriend, Thelma Wood, who is sick in the hospital, the story ultimately outlives the romance.

Release: 2017-07-12
Runtime: 86 min
Rating: 2.667 / 10
Cast
Guinevere Turner
Guinevere Turner
Liane De Pougy
Eileen Myles
Eileen Myles
Monique Wittig (narrator)
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Brie Roland
Natalie Barney
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Josefin Granqvist
Djuna Barnes
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Fannie Sosa
Mimi Franchetti
Hélène Cixous
Hélène Cixous
Self
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Leslie Cuyjet
Solita Solano
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LeCiel
Jannet Flanner
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Jessica Weinstein
Esther Murphy
Bernadette Santos Schwegel
Bernadette Santos Schwegel
Joella Loy
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Brenna Kail
Mina Loy
Nessa Norich
Nessa Norich
Romaine Brooks
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Slaveya Minkova
Dolly Wilde