Movie Info: Mystère Alexina (1985)

Director: René Féret

Writer: Herculine-Adelaïde Barbin, Jean Gruault, René Féret

Producer: executive producer: René Féret
associate producer: Marc Thiébault

Genre: Drama

In 1856, Alexina Barbin arrives in a coastal village in La Rochelle to teach young girls, having lived previously with nuns at an orphanage school. Deeply religious and mysterious about her gender, Alexina shares a classroom and bedroom with the lively Sara, whom she falls in love with. Their relati...