Gushing water. Subterranean rumbling. Sun-dappled green vistas behind huge stone walls. So begins Innocence, a fascinating fable about a mysterious school for girls, where one arrives by coffin to a self-enclosed, highly regimented universe of botany classes, ballet and playtime. The journey from girl to womanhood and the dangers and perils contained therein has rarely, if ever, been explored in a more creative manner than in this intoxicating feature by acclaimed film director Lucile Hadzihalilovic. With stunning cinematography by Benoit Debie (Irreversible, Calvaire), a world both compelling and ominous unfolds as six-year-old Iris watches time pass and girls disappearing one by one...
Starring Marion Cotillard, the acclaimed actress who portrays Edith Piaf in the hit foreign film, La Vie en Rose.
DVD - DVD
Homevision
child abuse
French
coming of age
nudity
sexual awareness