The Touch

The Touch
  • Release date: 10 Nov 2007
  • Release year: 2007
  • Runtime: 7 minutes
  • Country: United States
  • Keywords: lesbian, paris france, period piece, poetess, poem
Plot:
"The Touch" is a short film based on a true person, Renee Vivien, a celebrated lesbian poet living and writing in Paris. During a relationship with a wealthy baroness, Renee received a letter from Kerime Turkhan Pasha, an Islamic woman married to a Turkish diplomat. They carried on a passionate correspondence for several years meeting only rarely in person. The film takes place on their last moments together before Kerime's husband moves his family away.
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