The Innocents (2016) (original) (raw)

In 1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent.

In 1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancy during a visit to a nearby convent. (less)

Director: Anne Fontaine
Writers: Pascal Bonitzer, Anne Fontaine, Sabrina B. Karine, Alice Vial
Starring: Lou de La�ge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne, Joanna Kulig, Pascal Elso
Producers: �ric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer

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Review by Brian Orndorf, July 7, 2016

8 / 10

Director Anne Fontaine has been working for the last two decades, amassing a varied filmography that includes recent efforts �Gemma Bovary� and �Adoration.� �The Innocents� is perhaps her bleakest picture, but it�s also her most accomplished. A haunting look at desperation during an unusual time of liberation, �The Innocents� finds yet another corner of World War II to examine, with Fontaine building an uneasy drama with sensational characterization, defining personalities and troubles with helming precision, but never discounting the emotional power of the tale, despite dealing with a subject ...read more...

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