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The Innocents (2021 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Innocents' is a 2021 Norwegian supernatural thriller film written and directed by Eskil Vogt. In July 2021, the film premiered at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, in the 'Un Certain Regard' section.
Cast
* Rakel Lenora Flttum as Ida
* Alva Brynsmo Ramstad as Anna
* Sam Ashraf as Ben
* Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim as Aisha
* Ellen Dorrit Petersen as Ida and Anna's mother
* Morten Svartveit as Ida and Anna's father
* Kadra Yusuf as Aishas' mother
* Lisa Tnne as Ben's mother
Release
'The Innocents' had its world premiere at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, in the 'Un Certain Regard' section, in July 2021. It later screened at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, in September 2021. Earlier that same month, the film's U.S. distribution rights were acquired by IFC Midnight.
Critical reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 97% based on 86 reviews, with an average rating of 7.40/10. Its consensus reads, "'The Innocents' chillingly subverts the purity of youth in a powerfully acted thriller that lingers long after the credits roll."
Leslie Felperin of 'The Hollywood Reporter' called the film "low-tech, high-tension", writing that "The lonely, uncanny and sometimes unthinkingly violent world of childhood is explored with chilling candor and exceptional skill". Jessica Kiang of 'Variety' praised the performances of the child actors as well as the film's atmosphere, calling the film "both a satisfying genre exercise and a minute observation of the process by which young children acquire morality." 'Sight & Sound's Anton Bitel wrote that the film "uses its genre frame to show the connectedness, curiosity and cruelty of its young characters, and also asks whether the inevitable loss of innocence at this age is a slate that can ever simply be cleaned."
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