Film
The Innocents (2016)
Deeply moving and emotionally layered.
Drama, History· Directed by Anne Fontaine· 115 min
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.
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- Powerful and moving. Examines every moral crevice of an unthinkable scenario.
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- Based on the remarkable true story.
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- Anne Fontaine's finest film in years!
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Connections
Top billing
- 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