Innocence
by Lucile Hadzihalilovic
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Actor: Bérangère Haubruge, Hélène de Fougerolles, Lea Bridarolli, Marion Cotillard, Zoé AuclairDirector: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Brand: Image Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Homevision
Movie Reviews of Innocence
Movie Review: Heart-breaking
Summary: 5 Stars
There have been a number of interpretations about this film. I guess the important thing is to contribute... Anyway, soon after it was over, I had the same feeling that overtook me during it's entirety, which was uncertainty. It took almost one day for the meaning of it to permeate through my mind and help me discern what was being shown. I truly dismiss any claims pertaining to lewd or inappropriate images... whatever abstract version of reality was being amplified, it drew me in perfectly. It was a very powerful allegory of modern life. Freedom is a myth, that's common-place. However, we continue to live one day after the next as if there weren't strings controlling our movements. We play within our confines. Such is this movie... there are walls, there is a hierarchy, discipline is enforced. They arrive at a young age, albeit in a coffin (already deceased). And they dance... Perfection is not demanded of them, the act is the goal. As the oldest girls move across the stage every night, the shadows of the spectators loom in the background as demons foreseeing perverse omens... Very poignant. I guess people lose their innocence early on in life, more and more prematurely in an exponential fashion, especially in this western hyperactive, hypersexual environment we have created. But I guess the damaged minds of the ones overseeing our children are the true monsters... no matter how secluded and whisked away the upbringing may take place, there is no escape from the wretched mold children are shaped with... they dance, and the genuine innocence in their actions is oblivious to what they are inexorably being groomed to become, even if it is only suggested in the subtext of the film. As we view the chronology of their time in this alternative reality, all becomes clear. However, seeing purity in its quintessential form, and then its slow death at the hands of those who are blind to its light, can become quite unbearable. Anyway, I recommend this film (not that my recommendation means anything), if for no other reason than to show us a mirror of the running-towards-the-mousetrap philosophy reigning over our world, perpetuating our frustrations by psychotic projective identification, murdering off the beauty of future generations as if it would erase our own erroneous undertakings throughout our insipid existence.
Summary of Innocence
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