Innocence (2005) (15)
- Consumer Advice: Contains moderate nudity and sex
- Run time: 2 hours 1 mins
- Language: French
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 7th October 2005
- Starring: Zoe Auclair, Berangere Haubruges, Lea Bridarolli
- Directed by: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
- Distributor: Artificial Eye
Plot Synopsis
Here is a film of startling originality and subtle creepiness that is impossible to erase from the mind. Its setting is a girl's boarding school in an enclosed garden: new pupils arrive via a coffin through an underground passage and are not allowed to leave. Their dance lessons and walks through the woods look innocent, yet we have a constant feeling of foreboding. This film inhabits a universe that looks like our world but is distinctly off-kilter. Second-time director Lucile Hadzihalilovic (collaborator and partner of Irreversible film-maker Gaspar Noé) blends fantasy, coming-of-age and horror sensibilities to create a hauntingly mysterious vision of childhood.