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The Innocents

Les innocentes (Agnus Dei)

2016

Anne Fontaine

Lou de Laâge, Agata Kulesza, Joanna Kulig, Agata Buzek ...

6.5

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Drama Poland, winter of 1945. Mathilde Beaulieu (Lou de Lâage) is a young intern working with a branch of the French Red Cross. They are on a mission to find, treat and repatriate French survivors of the German camps. One day, a Polish nun arrives in the hospital. In very poor French, she begs Mathilde to come to her convent. Mathilde life and beliefs change when she discovers the advanced state of pregnancy that affect several of the Sisters ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Anthony Kaufman Screendaily	"Fontaine isn’t reinventing the wheel with this classic tale of faith vs science,but with plenty of winning characters and well-earned heart-tugging moments, Agnus Dei should satisfy traditional art-house audiences"	POS
United States	Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"['Agnus Dei'] features solid performances but (...) lacks a key that would unlock the emotional, spiritual and ideological mysteries that hide behind this unfocused retelling of the facts"	NEU

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