Les innocentes

"Deeply moving and emotionally layered."

Feb 10 2016 PG-13 1h 55m
Drama, History

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.

Plot

Poland, winter of 1945. Mathilde Beaulieu (Lou de Lâage) is a young intern working with a branch of the French Red Cross. They are on a mission to find, treat and repatriate French survivors of the German camps. One day, a Polish nun arrives in the hospital. In very poor French, she begs Mathilde to come to her convent. Mathilde life and beliefs change when she discovers the advanced state of pregnancy that affect several of the Sisters of the convent just outside the hospital where she performs.

Written by

Sabrina B. Karine, Alice Vial, Anne Fontaine

Directed by

Anne Fontaine

Production Countries

Poland, France

Production Companies

France 2 Cinéma, Mars Films, Eurimages, SCOPE Pictures, Canal+, Ciné+, A Plus Image 6, La Banque Postale Image 8, NC+, Sofica Manon 5, Cofinova 11, France 2, Mandarin Film, Aeroplan Film

Languages

Polski, Français

Awards

3 wins & 13 nominations total

Scores
# of Votes
12,131
Average Rating
7.3 out of 10
Metascore
78
Popularity
NA