Innocence 2004 123movies

Watch: L’Ecole 2004 123movies, Full Movie Online – A look inside an offbeat boarding school for young girls..
Plot: At an unusual private school for girls, new students, including young Iris, show up in coffins. The establishment’s teachers, Mademoiselle Eva and Mademoiselle Edith, introduce Iris and her fellow pupils to the school’s curriculum, which includes fairy-like dances through a nearby forest. When night falls, the older girls, who are on the threshold of womanhood, are then given mysterious, life-changing lessons.
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Ratings:

	6.8/10 Votes: 6,041
	71% | RottenTomatoes
	78/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 88 Popularity: 6.496 | TMDB

Reviews:

Thought-provoking and beautiful film
There can’t be many films that occupy your mind for many days afterwards, make you read the book they are based on, and then watch them again.

“Innocence” is one of those films and it is both beautiful and intriguing at the same time. It is based on a book by Frank Wedekind called “Mine-Haha or the corporeal education of girls”, the only published fragment of his unfinished novel “Hildalla”. It was first published in 1901 and although beautifully written it has much darker undertones than the film with references to a body cult of youth and natural beauty which would later become exploited by Nazi culture.

The film is very much a metaphor for a childhood world which is in many ways separate but also protected from that of adults. It plays in an isolated Girls School their children enter at the time when they start to make their own independent experiences of the world around them and ends with the onset of puberty and attainment of menarche, both symbolising the emotional and physical end of childhood. The cinematography is beautiful and reminded me in many ways of Tarkovsky with its symbolism and haunting images. However, the story can seem a little simplistic and linear times and often appears to demand more depth from the young child actors than they could possibly deliver.

Nevertheless this is a very interesting and thought-provoking film and well worth watching. The French dialogue often has a musical quality and as long as you’re prepared to watch this in a calm and unhurried state of mind this is very rewarding and unusual cinematic experience.

Very interesting and impressive debut
We watched this film during my Film History and Theory class this past Thursday and aside from shoddy presentation (the projector was absolutely horrible and displayed the film too dark), I have to say that I enjoyed this quite a bit. At first, I almost dismissed it as artsy, pretentious French cinema due to the very slow pace and methodical direction but it had this eerie quality to it that kept my eyes glued to the screen, anticipating what was yet to come. The story is told in a very abstract way and the story is never really laid out for you in a conventional manner. In truth, it is a very simple tale but told in an imaginative way. There was great imagery and the use of sound to create a mysterious environment was very well done. At times it reminded me of the films of David Lynch, (especially Lost Highway and Mulholland Dr.) and Gaspar Noe (Irreversible), which is probably why I enjoyed it so much. The acting by the principals is very good, considering that they consisted mainly of very young girls. The director managed to capture natural performances from all of them and having worked with children on films in the past, I have to applaud her efforts on this end as I know how difficult it can be to get them to give you the results you’re looking for. From a negative stance, the film runs just a bit too long and the pacing could’ve been trimmed a little to make it run a bit faster and leaner. There were stretches where the film felt like it was never going to end. In the end, I would definitely recommend this to those who appreciate art-house cinema as this caters directly to them. This was an impressive debut for Ms. Hadzihalilovic and I am definitely curious to see what she comes up with next.

RATING: ***1/2 out of *****.

Other Information:

Original Language fr
Runtime 2 hr 2 min (122 min), 1 hr 55 min (115 min) (Mar del Plata) (Argentina)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated R
Genre Drama, Mystery
Director Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Writer Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Frank Wedekind
Actors Zoé Auclair, Lea Bridarolli, Bérangère Haubruge
Country Belgium, France, United Kingdom, Japan
Awards 8 wins & 2 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arriflex Cameras
Laboratory Arane, Paris, France
Film Length 3,345 m (2005) (Finland), 3,472 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 16 mm
Cinematographic Process Super 16
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (blow-up)