The Innocents (2016) -

: Starring Lou de Laâge as Mathilde, alongside prominent Polish actors Agata Kulesza and Agata Buzek .

: The nuns face a deep spiritual and moral crisis, torn between their religious vows and the physical reality of their trauma. The Mother Superior initially attempts to hide the situation to avoid a scandal that could destroy the convent. Production Details Director : Anne Fontaine. The Innocents (2016)

: The film is inspired by the real-life diaries of Madeleine Pauliac , a French Red Cross doctor stationed in Poland between 1945 and 1946. : Starring Lou de Laâge as Mathilde, alongside

The True Story Behind Haunting New Film The Innocents | AnOther Production Details Director : Anne Fontaine

: Shot by Caroline Champetier, the film is noted for its austere, "portrait-like" visual style that reflects the bleak winter landscape and the isolation of the convent. Critical Themes

: Mathilde discovers that several nuns in a Benedictine convent are pregnant after being repeatedly raped by Soviet Red Army soldiers during the "liberation" of Poland.