Innocence

Innocence

2005 · 121 min · FR · 6.4 (148 votes)
Dir. Lucile Hadžihalilović · Starring Zoé Auclair, Lea Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge, Marion Cotillard, Hélène de Fougerolles, Olga Peytavi-Müller · Music Richard Cooke

“The end of innocence... the beginning of life.”

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At a peculiar all-girls academy, new arrivals, including Iris, are delivered in coffins. Guided by enigmatic teachers, the students dance through enchanted woods by day, while the night unveils sinister lessons that blur innocence and awakening.

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A hauntingly beautiful, dreamlike descent into the mysteries of adolescence. It feels like a forgotten fairy tale, tinged with an unsettling melancholy and the quiet dread of secrets.

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