The Innocents

– Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. ..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 55 Minutes
Release Year:
2016
Original Name:
Les Innocentes
The Innocents (2016) - Also known as Les Innocentes

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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The Innocents (2016) - Trailer

Release Date:

10 Feb 2016

Language:

French, Polish, Russian

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Anne Fontaine

Writer:

Sabrina B. Karine (scenario), Alice Vial (scenario), Anne Fontaine (adaptation), Pascal Bonitzer (adaptation), Philippe Maynial (based on an original concept created by)

Main Actors:

Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne

Plot:

Poland, winter of 1945. Mathilde Beaulieu (Lou de Lâage) is a young intern working with a branch of the French Red Cross. They are on a mission to find, treat and repatriate French survivors of the German camps. One day, a Polish nun arrives in the hospital. In very poor French, she begs Mathilde to come to her convent. Mathilde life and beliefs change when she discovers the advanced state of pregnancy that affect several of the Sisters of the convent just outside the hospital where she performs.

Awards:

3 wins & 12 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10
Metacritic:
78%