Innocents
Leaves us with a fresh understanding of our capacity to respond to suffering with good or evil, and to find new definitions of grace and vocation.
The Innocents
Warsaw, December 1945: the second World War is finally over and Mathilde is treating the last of the French survivors of the German camps. When a panicked Benedictine nun appears at the clinic one night begging Mathilde to follow her back to the convent, what she finds there is shocking: a holy sister about to give birth and several more in advanced stages of pregnancy. A non-believer, Mathilde enters the sisters’ fiercely private world, dictated by the rituals of their order and the strict Rev. Mother (Agata Kulesza, Ida). Fearing the shame of exposure, the hostility of the new anti-Catholic Communist government, and facing an unprecedented crisis of faith, the nuns increasingly turn to Mathilde as their belief and traditions clash with harsh realities.
"A story of survival and rebuilding from ruins. Theirs is a history worth remembering." - Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com
"A moving drama about the struggle to keep one’s faith in the most difficult of situations...a compelling deconstruction of how to cope and rebuild." - Jordan Raup, The Film Stage
"A near perfect film with restrained, yet powerful, performances, direction that allows the narrative to unfold in truly revelatory ways, surprising humor, and cinematography that begs translation into still photography." - J. Ryan Parker, Patheos.com
Awards & Festivals
Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival – U.S. Premiere
Official Selection – COLCOA
Official Selection – Film Fest DC
Official Selection – San Francisco Int'l Film Festival
"A story of survival and rebuilding from ruins. Theirs is a history worth remembering." - Monica Castillo, RogerEbert.com
"A moving drama about the struggle to keep one’s faith in the most difficult of situations...a compelling deconstruction of how to cope and rebuild." - Jordan Raup, The Film Stage
"A near perfect film with restrained, yet powerful, performances, direction that allows the narrative to unfold in truly revelatory ways, surprising humor, and cinematography that begs translation into still photography." - J. Ryan Parker, Patheos.com
Awards & Festivals
Official Selection – Sundance Film Festival – U.S. Premiere
Official Selection – COLCOA
Official Selection – Film Fest DC
Official Selection – San Francisco Int'l Film Festival
Genre
Drama
Runtime
115
Language
Russian,
French,
Polish
Director
Anne Fontaine
Writer(s)
Pascal Bonitzer,
Anne Fontaine,
Anne Fontaine,
Sabrina B Karine,
Philippe Maynial
Cast
Lou De Laâge,
Agata Buzek,
Agata Kulesza
FEATURED REVIEW
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
The Innocents soars above its seeming contradictions.A gripping psychological drama based on events more than half a century old, it has inescapable contemporary echoes. Laced with intensely emotional situations, it refuses to force the issue by pushing too hard. And it proves, yet again, that ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 7.08.16 - 8.07.16
Town Center 5 7.08.16 - 8.04.16
Monica Film Center 7.15.16 - 8.04.16
Claremont 5 7.22.16 - 7.28.16
Fine Arts Theatre 7.22.16 - 8.04.16
Lumiere Music Hall 8.05.16 - 8.11.16
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