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Innocence

  • 20042004
  • RR
  • 2h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
5.9K
YOUR RATING
Innocence (2004)
  • Drama
  • Mystery
A look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls.A look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls.A look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
5.9K
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  • Director
    • Lucile Hadzihalilovic
  • Writers
    • Lucile Hadzihalilovic
    • Frank Wedekind(novella "Mine-Haha")
  • Stars
    • Zoé Auclair
    • Lea Bridarolli
    • Bérangère Haubruge
Top credits
  • Director
    • Lucile Hadzihalilovic
  • Writers
    • Lucile Hadzihalilovic
    • Frank Wedekind(novella "Mine-Haha")
  • Stars
    • Zoé Auclair
    • Lea Bridarolli
    • Bérangère Haubruge
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    • 59User reviews
    • 62Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 2 nominations

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    Zoé Auclair
    • Irisas Iris
    Lea Bridarolli
    • Aliceas Alice
    Bérangère Haubruge
    • Biancaas Bianca
    Marion Cotillard
    Marion Cotillard
    • Mademoiselle Evaas Mademoiselle Eva
    Hélène de Fougerolles
    Hélène de Fougerolles
    • Mademoiselle Edithas Mademoiselle Edith
    Olga Peytavi-Müller
    Olga Peytavi-Müller
    • Lauraas Laura
    Alisson Lalieux
    • Selmaas Selma
    Ana Palomo-Diaz
    • Nadjaas Nadja
    Astrid Homme
    • Roseas Rose
    Joséphine Van Wambeke
    • Veraas Vera
    Johanna Surbier
    • Fannyas Fanny
    Grizelle Crozet
    • La fille choisieas La fille choisie
    Corinne Marchand
    Corinne Marchand
    • La directriceas La directrice
    Sonia Petrovna
    Sonia Petrovna
    • Son assistanteas Son assistante
    Véronique Nordey
    • L'intendanteas L'intendante
    Micheline Hadzihalilovic
    • Madeleineas Madeleine
    Amandine Algoet
    Natacha Allard
    • Director
      • Lucile Hadzihalilovic
    • Writers
      • Lucile Hadzihalilovic
      • Frank Wedekind(novella "Mine-Haha")
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    • Trivia
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Crazy credits
      The movie ends by showing (once again) the title and then a dedication ("for Gaspar"). No credits or company logos are shown after that.
    • Connections
      Featured in Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema (2018)
    • Soundtracks
      Orchestral Suite from La Petite Renard Rusée
      Composed by Leos Janácek

      Libretto by Rudolf Tesnohlídek

      Performed by Ceská Filharmonie (as The Czech Philharmonic)

      Conducted by Vaclav Talich

    User reviews59

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    Top review
    9/10
    A wonderful, unexpected surprise
    Amazing. Not for all tastes, to be sure, but infinitely intriguing and accomplished. Great movie. After all the previous not totally successful, or barely watchable or downright awful fantasy movies that have come out of France in the last five years or so, French cinema turns out to be capable of producing an intelligent, beautiful, original work of art with its roots in the fantasy field which is both a treat to the eye and intelligence, and a graphically arresting piece of movie making. The film, dealing with strange ongoings at a remote boarding school for young girls in a mystery-ridden forest somewhere, is incredibly catching, full of hypnotic images. It is indeed closer to the spirit of silent movies, in particular the German school of Fritz Lang, Murnau, Pabst, etc, than to most modern movies. But so brilliant and respectful in its approach that it soon makes you forget its origins. The are dreamlike visions by the dozen in Innocence, superior or equal to Lynch's best films, to Jackson's Heavenly Creatures, or to Jane Campion's cinema in its finer moments, for instance. A painter in terms of framing and composition, the director is always lifting the material up into poetry country. See it and you will not be left untouched. Few films ever reach that kind of weirdness and movie magic. It has no comparison. Really.
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    • slowdriver
    • Mar 8, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 12, 2005 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • France
      • United Kingdom
      • Japan
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Nevinost
    • Filming locations
      • Parc du Cinquantenaire, Brussels, Belguim
    • Production companies
      • Ex Nihilo
      • Ateliers de Baere
      • Blue Light
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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