The Innocents backdrop

The Innocents 2016 Directed by Anne Fontaine Les Innocentes

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.

Country France
Production Countries Belgium , France , Poland
Language French
Spoken Languages French , Polish
Revenue $1,063,893
Release Date 10 February 2016
115 mins
Cast
Lou de Laâge Mathilde Beaulieu
Agata Buzek Nun Maria
Agata Kulesza Mother Superior
Joanna Kulig Nun Irena
Dorota Kuduk Nun Wanda
Pascal Elso Colonel Poix
Joanna Fertacz Zofia's Aunt
Zacharjasz Muszyński Russian Corporal
Mariusz Jakus Russian Officer
Tomasz Sobczak Russian Soldier
Sasza Reznikow Russian Soldier
Denys Ivenov Russian Soldier
Paweł Janyst Russian Soldier
Aliaksandr Malchanau Russian Soldier
Otar Saralidze Russian Soldier
Artur Janusiak Russian Soldier
Wiktoria Adamczyk Street Child
Franciszek Maziuk Street Child
Kryspin Kozłowski Street Child
Radosław Kowieszko Street Child
Fabian Zajączkowski Street Child
Julian Plewa Street Child
Konrad Dzierzkiewicz Street Child
Maciek Pawełczyk Street Child
Weronika Humaj Girl That Danced with Samuel
Karol Paluch Child of Zofia's Aunt
Kacper Leśniak Child of Zofia's Aunt
Marek Szukiełojc Child of Zofia's Aunt
Delfina Wilkońska Girl in the Bar
Andrzej Rydel Photographer