The Innocents

The Innocents

7.1IMDb Score
Released:2016-02-10
Genre:Drama, History
Duration:115 min
Country:Belgium, France, Poland
Director:Anne Fontaine
Actors:Lou de Laâge, Agata Buzek, Agata Kulesza, Vincent Macaigne, Joanna Kulig
Production:France 2 Cinéma, Mars Films, SCOPE Pictures, France 2, Aeroplan Film, NC+, Mandarin Cinéma

Overview:

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.

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