Innocence
The key goes in the lock, the coffin opens and there is the naked six-year-old
Iris. The new world into which she is born is comprised of a rural school building in a walled, fairy-tale park. Disobedience
is punished and anyone who tries to flee has to stay forever. – Childlike innocence and the burden of growing up are not unknown
film subjects, but the way in which Hadzihalilovic breaks with the traditional approach to these themes is innovative. Innocence
is a magic, poetic dream with elements of theatre, psychological thriller and a trace of horror. With very stylised camera
work, the mood rocks gently between innocent and sinister. The mystery unfolds meticulously and consistently into a grand
metaphorical plot. (Sandra den Hamer)
European Panorama 2006
Lucile Hadzihalilovic
France 2004
color
115
minutes
OV with English subtitles
Screenplay
Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Cinematography
Benoît Debie
Editing Adam
Finch
Music Leos Janáek,
Sergei Prokofiev, Pietro Galli, Richard Cooke
With
Zoé Auclair, Bérangère Haubruges, Lea Bridarolli, Marion Cotillard, Hélène de Fougerolles
Production
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