Les innocentes
The Innocents | Agnus Dei – Die Unschuldigen

Les innocentes | The Innocents | Agnus Dei – Die Unschuldigen by Anne Fontaine
FRA, POL 2016, Berlinale Special
© Anna Wloch / Mandarin Cinema, Aeroplan Film, Mars Films
With
- Lou de Laâge (Mathilde)
- Agata Buzek (Sister Maria)
- Agata Kulesza (Mother Abbess)
- Vincent Macaigne (Samuel)
- Joanna Kulig (Irena)
- Eliza Rycembel (Teresa)
- Anna Prochniak (Zofia)
- Katarzyna Dabrowska (Anna)
- Helena Sujecka (Ludwika)
- Dorota Kuduk (Wanda)
Crew
Director | Anne Fontaine |
Written by | Sabrina B. Karine, Alice Vial |
Cinematography | Caroline Champetier |
Editing | Annette Dutertre |
Music | Grégoire Hetzel |
Sound | Olivier Mauvezin, Francis Wargnier, Jean-Pierre Laforce |
Producers | Eric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer |
Co-Producers | Eliza Oczkowska, Klaudia Smieja |
Associate Producers | Isabelle Grellat Doublet, Philippe Carcassonne |
Co-Production | Aeroplan Film, Warschau |
Produced by
Mandarin Production
Paris, France
+33 158308030
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Caroline Champetier
Les innocentes · Berlinale Special · Feb 23, 2023
© Jens Koch
Anne Fontaine

Born in Luxembourg in 1959, the French filmmaker began her career as a dancer and actor before moving on to work as a screenwriter and director. She made her directing debut in 1993 with Les histoires d’amour finissent mal en général, which won the Prix Jean Vigo in France. Her films also include Nathalie, Coco avant Chanel, Gemma Bovery and Les innocentes, which premiered at Sundance and won several awards. In 2020, her feature film Police screened in the Berlinale Special.
Filmography
1993 Les histoires d’amour finissent mal en général (Love Affairs Usually End Badly) 1995 Augustin 1997 Nettoyage à sec (Dry Cleaning) 1999 Augustin, roi du Kung Fu (Augustin, King of Kung-Fu) 2001 Comment j’ai tué mon père (How I Killed My Father) 2003 Nathalie 2005 Entre ses mains (In His Hands) 2006 Nouvelle chance (Oh La La!) 2008 La fille de Monaco (The Girl from Monaco) 2009 Coco avant Chanel (Coco Before Chanel) 2011 Mon pire cauchemar (My Worst Nightmare) 2013 Perfect Mothers (Adoration) 2014 Gemma Bovery 2016 Les innocentes (The Innocents) 2017 Marvin 2019 Blanche comme neige (Pure as Snow) · Police (Night Shift) 2021 Presidents