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THE INNOCENTS by Anne Fontaine
This French-Polish movie was filmed in Orneta and Krosno of Warmia-Masuria region in Poland
and premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Now shown in Marquee Film Festival.
"Based on the experience of Red Cross doctor Madeleine Pauliac, the movie opens in December 1945, as a Benedictine
nun desperately seeks help from a French Red Cross dispensary in Warsaw...... Originally relased as 'Agnus Dei,' 'The
Innocents' now boasts a title that is at once more generic and more ambiguous: Who are the film’s innocents? Are they
the nuns, who have been assaulted by Russian soldiers, or their infant children? Or, as the title also suggests, are they
the viewers who are unaware of this slice of brutal history?...." The Washington Post
"The film takes on the horror of this war crime as only cinema can, contrasting the ugly with beauty, the guilty and the
innocent in a fine balance between the humanity of art and the inhumanity of people...." National Catholic Reporter
"'The Innocents' is the rare film that examines the nature of religious belief in a non-judgmental way; actually, it’s more
about strong, brave women protecting each other and doing what they must to survive...." rogerebert.com
FREE SHOW in Marquee Film Festival
Location: The Marquee Cinema, Union South, 1308 W Dayton St, Madison, WI 53715
