Innocence
Innocence is the debut feature of Gaspar Noé (Irreversible) collaborator, Lucile Hadzihalilovic and is based on the Frank Wedekind novella Mine-Haha, or the Corporal Education of Young Girls. In a subterranean boarding school, hidden beneath a forest in some other time and place, six year-old Iris emerges out of a coffin and is introduced to her new home where she is to stay forever. Iris very quickly discovers the rules of the school, where "obedience is the only path to happiness" and through which an other-worldly anxiety about the outside world permeates. In this fantastical yet real world, young girls learn about the world through dance, physical education and biology. Héléne de Fougerolles and Marion Cotillard are the only adult women in this film's practically all-girl cast.
Reviews
“Striking; Withholding basic expository material, and unpredictably restless in its focus, Innocence both rivets and challenges emotional engagement.”
Dennis Harvey, Variety
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When
2:15 PM Saturday, 19 February
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Greater Union - Cinema 1
Ticket Price
Full price $14
Industry $12
SPU Concession $10
As Part Of
General FeaturesAbout Innocence
115 minutes35mm
2.35:1
Dolby Digital SRD
In French
Print Source
Wild Bunch
Lucie Kalmar
lkalmar@exception-wb.com
Awards
Best New Director, San Sebastián International Film Festival 2004Best Film, Stockholm International Film Festival 2004
Festivals
London International Film Festival 2004San Sebastian International Film Festival 2004
Stockholm International Film Festival 2004
Toronto International Film Festival 2004
About the Director
Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Born in Lyon in 1961, Lucile Hadzihalilovic studied filmmaking at the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques in Paris. She has worked as an editor of documentaries and features and is a long-time collaborator with Gaspar Noé, and was a producer and editor of his short Carne (1991) and feature I Stand Alone (1998). Innocence is her second film, following 1996's La Bouche de Jean-Pierre.
Filmography
Innocence (2004)La Bouche de Jean-Pierre (1996)