Fresh
Director and co-writer Anne Fontaine makes every shot and every exchange count in her tender but penetrating exploration of sisterhood in a brutal world.
Matthew Lickona, San Diego Reader
The Innocents
Deeply moving and emotionally layered.
2016 · 1h 55m · PG-13
Drama, History
Directed by
Anne Fontaine
Overview
Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
Director and cast
- Anne Fontaine Director
- Lou de Laâge as Mathilde Beaulieu
- Agata Buzek as Nun Maria
- Agata Kulesza as Mother Superior
- Vincent Macaigne as Samuel
- Joanna Kulig as Nun Irena
- Eliza Rycembel as Teresa
- Katarzyna Dąbrowska as Nun Anna
- Anna Próchniak as Zofia
- Helena Sujecka as Ludwika
- Mira Maludzińska as Bibiana
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
95%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Fontaine ("Gemma Bovary," "Coco Before Chanel") has just the right touch. There is no melodrama here, simply women of faith living day to day.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh
Shot in artful, quiet light (many of the frames look like elegant paintings), "The Innocents" is beautifully performed by its nearly all-female cast; each nun, even those unnamed, is given her own personality and story.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
The ghastliness of this situation has its black comic aspects, but director Anne Fontaine keeps everything on an even keel -- too even.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
The Innocents is a powerful, brave film that will stay with you for days.
Ellen Brait, Globe and Mail
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