religion,monastery,woman director,complex relationship,pregnant nun,catholic monastery

The Innocents (2016)

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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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Anne Fontaine
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    Mathilde Beaulieu Lou de Laâge
  • Profile picture of Agata Buzek
    Nun Maria Agata Buzek
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    Mother Superior Agata Kulesza
  • Profile picture of Vincent Macaigne
    Samuel Vincent Macaigne
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    Nun Irena Joanna Kulig
  • Profile picture of Eliza Rycembel
    Teresa Eliza Rycembel
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    Nun Anna Katarzyna Dąbrowska
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    Zofia Anna Próchniak

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Keywords

  • religion
  • monastery
  • woman director
  • complex relationship
  • pregnant nun
  • catholic monastery