The Ladies Almanack 2017 Directed by Daviel Shy

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.

Country USA
Language English
Release Date 12 July 2017
86 mins
Cast
Guinevere Turner Liane De Pougy
Eileen Myles Monique Wittig (narrator)
Brie Roland Natalie Barney
Josefin Granqvist Djuna Barnes
Fannie Sosa Mimi Franchetti
Leslie Cuyjet Solita Solano
LeCiel Jannet Flanner
Jessica Weinstein Esther Murphy
Brenna Kail Mina Loy
Nessa Norich Romaine Brooks
Slaveya Minkova Dolly Wilde
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