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.
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Cast
Guinevere Turner
Liane De Pougy
Eileen Myles
Monique Wittig (narrator)
Brie Roland
Natalie Barney
Josefin Granqvist
Djuna Barnes
Fannie Sosa
Mimi Franchetti
Hélène Cixous
Self
Leslie Cuyjet
Solita Solano
LeCiel
Jannet Flanner
Jessica Weinstein
Esther Murphy
Bernadette Santos Schwegel
Joella Loy
Brenna Kail
Mina Loy
Nessa Norich
Romaine Brooks
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