Kaija Saariaho: Innocence backdrop

Kaija Saariaho: Innocence 2021 Directed by Simon Stone

The world premiere of composer Kaija Saariaho's opera, "Innocence", at the 2021 Aix-en-Provence Festival. Finland is the setting but the protagonists come from the four corners of Europe: a Finnish groom and his Romanian bride, a French mother-in-law and a Czech maid. Around them memories unravel in a contemporary tragedy of guilt and lost innocence.

Country USA
Production Country France
Language English
Spoken Languages English , Finnish , French , German , Spanish
Gneres Drama , Music
Production Company Festival Aix-en-Provence
Release Date 10 July 2021
111 mins
Cast
Sandrine Piau Mother-in-Law
Tuomas Pursio Father-in-Law
Lucy Shelton Teacher
Vilma Jää Student 1 (Marketa)
Beate Mordal Student 2 (Lilly)
Julie Hega Student 3
Simon Kluth Student 4
Camilo Delgado Díaz Student 5 (Jerónimo)
Marina Dumont Student 6