The Innocents
- Year
- 2016
- Description
- Cast includes Agata Buzek, Katarzyna Dabrowska, Agata Kulesza, Joanna Kulig, Lou de Laâge, Vincent Macaigne, Anna Prochniak, and Eliza Rycembel.
In 1945, Mathilde (played by Lou de Laâge), a doctor serving in Poland for the Red Cross, is urgently called to a Benedictine monastery, where numerous nuns are pregnant after being raped by departing Soviet soldiers and one is in the middle of a painful delivery. - Director
- Fontaine, Anne
- Writer
- Karine, Sabrina B.; Vial, Alice
- Producer
- Altmayer, Eric; Altmayer, Nicolas
- Cinematographer
- Champetier, Caroline
- Editor
- Dutertre, Annette
- Production Team
- Music Box Films, Mandarin Cinema, Aeroplan Film, Mars Film, France 2 Cinema, and Scope Pictures
- Genre
- Feature Film
Drama - Content Notes
- Sexual assault
- Language
- French and Polish with English subtitles
- Media Format
- 1 DVD (115 min.) or 1 streaming video (115 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Additional Content
- The DVD includes a Q&A and an interview with director Anne Fontaine.
- Updated
- 04-12-2022
Production Information
Film InformationReviews
RogerEbert.com, July 1, 2016Variety, Jan. 31, 2016
Video Librarian, Nov.–Dec. 2016, 26