Innocence
(France/Great Britain/Belgium, 2004, 116 minutes)
A year in a secluded boarding school for young girls who are never told why they are there or what are they being trained for. Opaque and oblique fantasy that shows undeniable traces of talent but remains mystifyingly resistant to any sort of explanation or analysis.
Ex Nihilo presents a film produced by Patrick Sobelman, in co-production with Les Ateliers de Baere, Bluelight, the UK Film Council, Love Streams Productions and Gimages Films, with the participation of Kinétique, Canal Plus, Cofimage 15, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Région Wallone and Wallimage. Starring Zoë Auclair, Léa Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge, with Marion Cotillard, Hélène de Fougerolles. Directed and written by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, based on the novella "Mine-Haha" by Frank Wedekind; produced by Patrick Sobelman; director of photography, Benoît Debie; production designer, Arnaud de Moléron; costume designer, Laurence Benoît; film editor, Adam Finch; choreographer, Pedro Pauwels.
A year in a secluded boarding school for young girls who are never told why they are there or what are they being trained for. Opaque and oblique fantasy that shows undeniable traces of talent but remains mystifyingly resistant to any sort of explanation or analysis.
Ex Nihilo presents a film produced by Patrick Sobelman, in co-production with Les Ateliers de Baere, Bluelight, the UK Film Council, Love Streams Productions and Gimages Films, with the participation of Kinétique, Canal Plus, Cofimage 15, Centre National de la Cinématographie, Région Wallone and Wallimage. Starring Zoë Auclair, Léa Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge, with Marion Cotillard, Hélène de Fougerolles. Directed and written by Lucile Hadzihalilovic, based on the novella "Mine-Haha" by Frank Wedekind; produced by Patrick Sobelman; director of photography, Benoît Debie; production designer, Arnaud de Moléron; costume designer, Laurence Benoît; film editor, Adam Finch; choreographer, Pedro Pauwels.
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