Agnus Dei (2016)

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

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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