The Ladies Almanack
3.5
86 minutes
7/12/2017
Overview
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.
Cast List
Guinevere Turner
as Liane De Pougy
Eileen Myles
as Monique Wittig (narrator)
Brie Roland
as Natalie Barney
Josefin Granqvist
as Djuna Barnes
Fannie Sosa
as Mimi Franchetti
Hélène Cixous
as Self
Leslie Cuyjet
as Solita Solano
LeCiel
as Jannet Flanner
Jessica Weinstein
as Esther Murphy
Bernadette Santos Schwegel
as Joella Loy
Brenna Kail
as Mina Loy
Nessa Norich
as Romaine Brooks
Slaveya Minkova
as Dolly Wilde