The Innocents (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | The innocent |
| Original title | Les innocents |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 1987 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | André Téchiné |
| script |
Pascal Bonitzer André Téchiné |
| production |
Philippe Carcassonne Alain Terzian |
| music | Philippe Sarde |
| camera | Renato Berta |
| cut | Martine Giordano |
| occupation | |
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The Innocents is a 1987 French drama directed by André Téchiné .
action
A city in the south of France . The young geriatric nurse Jeanne surprisingly appears at the wedding of her sister Maité with the Arab Noureddine. She's been traveling for the first time, looks for little contact and knows shortly after arriving that she hates the city. Her real reason for leaving her small town in the north is her deaf-mute brother Alain, who actually lived with her after the death of her parents, but was now with Maité for the summer. Jeanne wants to bring Alain back, but he refuses to go with Jeanne.
At the wedding, Jeanne meets the conductor Klotz, who once brought Alain back to Maité when he ran away. He regrets it, having realized that the boy has an irrepressible will for freedom. He took care of him over and over again. When Alain has disappeared the next morning, Jeanne looks for Klotz in the hope that Alain will be with him. This is how she meets Klotz's son Stéphane. He was in a coma for several months after being stabbed by a knife and has since tried to find his way back to life. He is still weak, but refuses his mother's care. Against her will, he takes his motorcycle and takes Jeanne to the city's theater, where Klotz works as a conductor. In the theater, both suddenly stand across from the young Saïd. He has just made it clear to Klotz that he will leave France and go to Algiers ; Klotz is in love with Saïd and would follow him, but the young man strictly rejects a relationship. Jeanne saw Saïd briefly when she arrived at the wedding. Said now tells her that Alain is with him. Shortly afterwards, Stéphane passed out and was treated in the hospital. Jeanne, who actually rejects young people, shortly afterwards confesses to Stéphane that she kissed him when he passed out. He replies that she doesn't know who he really is. The fact that she and Saïd obviously know each other changed everything for him.
Jeanne visits Alain in Said's hotel room. He reacts aggressively to Jeanne, who bursts into tears. In the end she takes a room in the same hotel where Saïd lives with Alain. She buys a dress and has her hair cut. She later visits Stéphane. She fell in love with him and the city, even if Stéphane wants to leave the city. It becomes clear that he is involved in machinations. In Stéphane's mother's shop, he and Jeanne get closer. Back at the hotel, Jeanne meets Saïd, who tells her that he wants to go to Algiers with Alain. Jeanne begs him to leave Alain behind. When Saïd hands her a knife for Stéphane, Jeanne wants to know more. He tells her that he attacked Stéphane with the knife and seriously injured him. Stéphane and his anti-Algerian gang had previously set fire to the hotel where Saïd and other Algerians lived. A friend of Saïd was seriously injured, so that Saïd took revenge. Stéphane was the only attacker who was not disguised during the attack.
The next day, Saïd does not fly to Algiers as planned, but stays in the city. Nevertheless, he left Alain a letter that he would travel alone. So the boy throws himself into the sea and begins to swim out; he can only be rescued by the coast guard. Saïd calls Stéphane and tells him that he has told Jeanne all about his past. Stéphane had an appointment with Jeanne that day, but she does not appear. She later confesses to her sister that she loves both Stéphane and Saïd. Stéphane, in turn, turns to the boss of the xenophobic gang and puts his men on Saïd. They are waiting for him in front of his hotel. Stéphane intercepts Saïd on his way to the hotel and warns him. Said forces him to go to the hotel with him. This is where both of them are finally shot by the killers.
production
The innocent was filmed mainly in Toulon . Christian Gasc created the costumes and Zé Branco designed the film . In his film music, Philippe Sarde used a popular musical motif from the 18th century. Marie-France sings the song Prends-moi in the film . The music is by Philippe Sarde, the text by André Téchiné.
The Innocent was shown in French cinemas on December 23, 1987. In Germany it was shown for the first time on April 1, 1990 at the BR .
criticism
For film-dienst , Die Innschuldigen was a “serious, expressively staged and superbly photographed film that deals with xenophobia and xenophobia in France in an exciting film story.” “Inconvenient truths, cleverly served”, stated Cinema . Téchiné has created a film "which deals with topics such as right-wing extremism, xenophobia and homosexuality in an impressive way, and encourages people to think about human interaction," wrote the Stuttgarter Zeitung .
Awards
Jean-Claude Brialy won a César for Best Supporting Actor in 1988 . The film received four more César nominations: in the categories of Best Film , Best Director , Best Film Music and Best Sound ( Jean-Louis Ughetto , Dominique Hennequin ).
Web links
- The innocent in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The innocents in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ See information in the film leader.
- ↑ The innocent. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ See cinema.de
- ↑ The innocent . In: Stuttgarter Zeitung , October 8, 2014, p. 31.