The Innocents
Deeply moving and emotionally layered.
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.
- Year: 2016
- Country: Belgium, France, Poland
- Genre: Drama, History
- Studio: France 2 Cinéma, Mars Films, SCOPE Pictures, France 2, Aeroplan Film, NC+, Mandarin Cinéma
- Keyword: religion, monastery, woman director, complex relationship, pregnant nun, catholic monastery
- Director: Anne Fontaine
- Cast: Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne, Joanna Kulig, Eliza Rycembel