The first trailer for Anne Fontaine‘s (Gemma Bovery, Adore) latest feature The Innocents (alternatively titled Agnus Dei) depicts the struggle of a young Red Cross doctor in Poland, 1945, who realizes several nuns are pregnant when she goes to assist survivors of a German camp.
With largely locked down compositions mixed with controlled, gliding shots, the imagery is reminiscent of 2014’s wonderful Ida. However, The Innocents has a more vintage, grainy filmic quality that lends itself to its darker, cooler color palette and low light imagery.
We said in our review: “Despite an ending that is far too obvious and tidy, Agnus Dei is a moving drama about the struggle to keep one’s faith in the most difficult of situations. Also working as an allegory for humanity’s enduring difficulty to stay true to one’s ideals when a quandary is thrown in the mix, Agnus Dei is a...
With largely locked down compositions mixed with controlled, gliding shots, the imagery is reminiscent of 2014’s wonderful Ida. However, The Innocents has a more vintage, grainy filmic quality that lends itself to its darker, cooler color palette and low light imagery.
We said in our review: “Despite an ending that is far too obvious and tidy, Agnus Dei is a moving drama about the struggle to keep one’s faith in the most difficult of situations. Also working as an allegory for humanity’s enduring difficulty to stay true to one’s ideals when a quandary is thrown in the mix, Agnus Dei is a...
- 6/17/2016
- by Mike Mazzanti
- The Film Stage
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