The Innocents (2016)

  • PG-13
  • 01/26/2016 (US)
  • Drama, History
  • 1h 55m

Deeply moving and emotionally layered.

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.

Anne Fontaine

Director

Alice Vial

Screenplay

Sabrina B. Karine

Screenplay

Cast

Lou de Laâge's headshot

Lou de Laâge

Mathilde Beaulieu
Agata Buzek's headshot

Agata Buzek

Nun Maria
Agata Kulesza's headshot

Agata Kulesza

Mother Superior
Vincent Macaigne's headshot

Vincent Macaigne

Samuel
Joanna Kulig's headshot

Joanna Kulig

Nun Irena
Eliza Rycembel's headshot

Eliza Rycembel

Teresa
Katarzyna Dąbrowska's headshot

Katarzyna Dąbrowska

Nun Anna
Anna Próchniak's headshot

Anna Próchniak

Zofia

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