'The Innocents': The subject of the film is more arresting than the movie
'Innocents' stars聽Lou de La芒ge as a nurse with the French Red Cross who aids a nunnery where six nuns and a novice have been left pregnant by marauding Soviet soldiers.
'Innocents' stars聽Lou de La芒ge as a nurse with the French Red Cross who aids a nunnery where six nuns and a novice have been left pregnant by marauding Soviet soldiers.
The subject of 鈥淭he Innocents,鈥� based on real events, is more arresting than the movie itself. Mathilde (Lou de La芒ge), a nurse with the French Red Cross who is stationed in postwar Poland, ends up clandestinely aiding a nearby nunnery where six nuns and a novice have been left pregnant by marauding Soviet soldiers.
The ghastliness of this situation has its black comic aspects, but director Anne Fontaine keeps everything on an even keel 鈥� too even. As the Mother Superior, Agata Kulesza (so good in 鈥淚da鈥�) lends a gravely powerful presence. Grade: B- (Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic material including sexual assault, and for some bloody images and brief suggestive content.)