The Innocents
2016 · Movie · PG-13 · 115 min · ★ 7.1 · 87% critics
In postwar Poland, a French Red Cross doctor is asked to help at a remote convent where several nuns are hiding painful secrets. As she tries to care for them, she must balance duty, trust, and the risk of exposing the truth in a dangerous, uncertain time.
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Details
- Original title
- Les Innocentes
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-02-10
- Language
- French
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 87/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (425 votes)
- Box office
- $7,400,301
- Budget
- $6,400,000
About
You may like this if you want a somber, history-based drama about faith, secrecy, and survival, with a strong central performance; Not for you if you prefer fast-moving stories or lighter subject matter, though fans of Ida or The Past may connect with its mood.
Pros: powerful performances; bleak atmosphere; moving premise | Cons: slow pacing; uneven writing; melodramatic moments
Themes
- rape
- nazi
- nun
- concentration camp
- based on true story
- religion
- doctor
- monastery
- red cross
- woman director
- complex relationship
- pregnant nun
- +1 more
Cast & crew
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
Eliza Rycembel
as Teresa
Katarzyna Dąbrowska
as Nun Anna
Anna Próchniak
as Zofia
Helena Sujecka
as Ludwika
Mira Maludzińska
as Bibiana
Directed by Anne Fontaine