The Innocents
A Feature film of
Production year1987
French release23/12/1987
Runtime1 h 36 min
Synopsis
Jeanne, a young woman, born and raised in Northern France, is visiting the Mediterranean city of Toulon for the first time. She is prompted by two events: the wedding of her sister, and the disappearance of her brother. He is a deaf-mute who supports himself as a pickpocket under the tutelage of a young Arab and an older bisexual married man with a weakness for young Arabs. The girl meets them and finds herself attracted to the young Arab and the older man's son, who is also bisexual like his father. She is soon torn between the two in a romantic and sexual dilemma that mirrors France's political turmoil regarding the nation's growing Arab population.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (13)
Production and distribution (2)
- French distribution : Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
Full credits (15)
- Executive Producer : Alain Terzian
- Screenwriters : Pascal Bonitzer, André Téchiné
- Music Composer : Philippe Sarde
- Assistant directors : Xavier Beauvois, Michel Bena
- Editor : Martine Giordano
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Louis Ughetto
- Costume designer : Christian Gasc
- Producer : Philippe Carcassonne
- Sound assistant : Brigitte Taillandier
- Assistant Operator : Jean-Paul Toraille
- Production managers : Brigitte Faure, Frédéric Sauvagnac
- Sound Editor : Michel Klochendler
- Continuity supervisor : Michèle Andreucci
- Production designer : Ze Branco
- Sound Mixer : Dominique Hennequin
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Racial discrimination, Immigration
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Belgium
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Awards (1)
Cesar Awards - French film industry awards
France, 1988
César Award for Best Supporting Actor : Jean-Claude Brialy
