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Agnus Dei (2016)

Agnus Dei poster
Original title
Les Innocentes
Directed by
Anne Fontaine
Genre
drama film
Country
France, Poland, Belgium
Runtime
1h 55m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 427 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

In post-World War II Poland, a French Red Cross doctor is called to a convent where nuns are dealing with pregnancies from wartime assault. She must navigate the nuns' fear and the strict religious rules to help them.

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What happens

The Innocents (French: Les Innocentes), also known as Agnus Dei, is a 2016 drama film directed by Anne Fontaine that features Lou de Laâge, Agata Kulesza, Agata Buzek and Vincent Macaigne. The script is by Sabrina B. Karine, Pascal Bonitzer, Fontaine and Alice Vial, after an original idea by Philippe Maynial. Maynial took inspiration from the experiences of his aunt, Madeleine Pauliac, a French Red Cross doctor who worked in Poland after World War II. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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