The Innocents
1987 · Movie · 96 min. · France
The lines between love, sex, and politics become hopelessly blurred in this French drama from director Andre Techine. Jeanne (Sandrine Bonnaire), born and raised in Northern France, is visiting the Mediterranean for the first time, prompted by two events: the wedding of her sister, and her young brother. Jeanne's brother is a deaf-mute who supports himself as a pickpocket under the tutelage of Said (Abdel Kechiche), and one of his only friends is Klotz (Jean-Claude Brialy), an older married man with bisexual leanings who has a weakness for young Arab boys. Jeanne meets Klotz and finds herself attracted to his son Stephane (Simon de la Brosse). However, Jeanne also meets Said, and she finds herself infatuated with him as well, and she's soon torn between the two in a romantic and sexual dilemma that mirrors France's political turmoil regarding the nation's growing Arab population.
Direction André Téchiné
Cast Sandrine Bonnaire · Jean-Claude Brialy · Simon de La Brosse · Abdellatif Kechiche · Tanya Lopert · Jacques Nolot · Christine Paolini · Marthe Villalonga · Stéphane Onfroy · Marie-France · Pierre Grisoli
Soundtrack Philippe Sarde
Screenplay André Téchiné · Pascal Bonitzer
Cinematography Renato Berta
Original title Les innocents
6.6
38 votes (FilmAffinity)
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