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Agnus Dei
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAnne Fontaine
Written bySabrina B. Karine
Pascal Bonitzer
Anne Fontaine
Alice Vial
Produced byÉric Altmayer
Nicolas Altmayer
Philippe Carcassonne
StarringLou de Laâge
Agata Kulesza
Agata Buzek
Vincent Macaigne
CinematographyCaroline Champetier
Edited byAnnette Dutertre
Music byGrégoire Hetzel
Production
companies
Aeroplan Film
France 2 Cinéma
Mandarin Cinéma
Mars Films
Scope Pictures
Distributed byMars Distribution (France)
Release dates
  • 26 January 2016 (2016-01-26) (Sundance)[1]
  • 10 February 2016 (2016-02-10) (France)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesFrance
Poland
Belgium
LanguagesFrench
Polish
Russian[1]
Budget€6 million[2]

Agnus Dei (French title: Les Innocentes) is a 2016 drama film directed by Anne Fontaine, starring Lou de Laâge, Agata Kulesza, Agata Buzek and Vincent Macaigne. The script by Sabrina B. Karine, Pascal Bonitzer, Anne Fontaine and Alice Vial is based on a true story.[3]

The film is a French-Polish-Belgian co-production that was supported by the Polish Film Institute and the Film Commission Poland.[4] Principal photography began on 13 January 2015 in the Warmia region in Poland, and lasted for seven weeks.[3][5] It is scheduled to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2016.[6]

Plot

1945 Poland, a young French Red Cross doctor who is sent to assist the survivors of the German camps discovers several nuns in advanced states of pregnancies during a visit to a nearby convent.

Cast

References

  1. ^ a b "Agnus Dei". Films Distribution.
  2. ^ "Polish-French Drama Agnus Dei in Postproduction". FilmNewEurope.com.
  3. ^ a b "Wrapping "Agnus Dei" by Anne Fontaine". Film Commission Poland. 5 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Films Distribution Boards Anne Fontaine's 'Agnus Dei' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 21 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Shoot due to kick off soon for Anne Fontaine's Agnus Dei". Cineuropa. 7 January 2015.
  6. ^ "The Complete 2016 Sundance Film Festival Lineup". Indiewire. 8 December 2015.
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