Innocence (2004 film)

Innocence
French theatrical release poster
Directed byLucile Hadžihalilović
Screenplay byLucile Hadžihalilović
Based onMine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls
by Frank Wedekind
Produced byPatrick Sobelman
Starring
CinematographyBenoît Debie
Edited byAdam Finch
Music byRichard Cooke
Production
companies
  • Ex Nihilo
  • UK Film Council
  • Les Ateliers de Baere
  • Blue Light
  • Love Streams Productions
  • Gimages Films
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 10 September 2004 (2004-09-10) (TIFF)
  • 12 January 2005 (2005-01-12) (France)
  • 31 August 2005 (2005-08-31) (Belgium)
  • 30 September 2005 (2005-09-30) (United Kingdom)
Running time
120 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • United Kingdom
  • Belgium
LanguageFrench

Innocence is a 2004 French avant-garde coming-of-age psychological drama film written and directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović in her feature directorial debut, inspired by the 1903 novella Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls by Frank Wedekind, and starring Marion Cotillard. The film follows a year in the life of the girls in the third dormitory at a secluded boarding school, where new students arrive in coffins.

The film is a co-production between France, United Kingdom and Belgium and made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2004. It was released theatrically in France on 12 January 2005, in Belgium on 31 August 2005 and in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2005.