Movie

The Innocents

2016 · 115 min

A somber, quietly devastating drama that treats unspeakable trauma with restraint and compassion, leaving a lasting emotional weight.

Tagline: Deeply moving and emotionally layered.
Overview: Poland, 1945. Mathilde, a young French Red Cross doctor, is on a mission to help the war survivors. When a nun seeks for her help, she is brought to a convent where several pregnant sisters are hiding, unable to reconcile their faith with their pregnancy. Mathilde becomes their only hope.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and warm. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Faith, trauma, healing, war
Content: Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: faith
trauma
healing
war
isolation
Places: single country house
hospital
small town
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild