Innocence

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01/26/2017 Justamente por retratar seu universo estranho e incômodo de modo tão natural, o filme consegue ser intrigante e assustadoramente perturbador. See more Courtney K @c0urtn3y 07/24/2016 this film was mentioned in another review i read for a movie called Evolution which is sort of similar but with an all boys island versus an all girls boarding school. i was a bit thrown off while watching this because the version i found happened to have Spanish voice-overs when i was so sure this was a French film. also, no English subtitles so i'm just going off body language here... but i didn't really care for it. it was fine & i liked the creepy factor, but it wasn't nearly as intriguing as Evolution was. See more 09/29/2014 One of the most empty film I have seen in long. It is A long video clip with no story or message to share with the viewer. See more 06/19/2014 "Innocence" is a mesmerizing poem to pre-adulthood and is done in such a rich, colourful, and (often haunting) beautiful approach that it stays with the viewer days after, taunting and shouting in one's head for another appraisal. See more 02/25/2014 This is a weird, weird film. One interesting thing about this movie is that it can practically serve as a litmus test for pedophilia - if you watch this movie, you will know for sure whether or not you are a pedophile afterwards. (I am not, for the record.) On the surface the film is very quiet and deliberately paced - it at first appears to be a simple depiction of a very strange boarding school for young girls. There are tons of scenes of the girls just playing, practicing ballet, eating, and doing other little girl things. It gradually becomes clear to the viewer that something more sinister is going on here, but just what that is is never, ever explained. I like how resolutely the movie stayed in the children's perspective. It's got beautiful cinematography and scenery. Marion Cotillard is good in a supporting role. But this movie, which on the surface seems so innocent, will burrow its way into your mind and stay there ever afterwards, growing weirder and darker with time. See more 04/14/2013 Here's a slow-burn French film that really got under my skin. It's unnerving and mysterious, beautiful and thought-provoking. From the very first moments, I was filled with dread and minute by minute it elicited all sorts of anxious emotions and memories from childhood. So...quite the heady brew it concocted. Sometimes it felt like a horror movie, other times like a fairy tale but by the end of it, I was fascinated and confounded and disturbed. I couldn't get it out of my head so I started to read up on it and found a really interesting interview with the director (who unsurprisingly I learned was also responsible for writing Enter the Void...another movie that really messed with me). Here's a link to the interview, helped me piece some things together: http://scene360.com/articles/492/lucile_hadzihalilovic/#.UWuW7r-QekQ. See more Read all reviews

Innocence

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