Innocence

Innocence (French: [i.nɔ.sɑ̃s]) is a 2004 French avant-garde coming-of-age psychological drama film written and directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović in her feature directorial debut, inspired by the 1903 novella Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls by Frank Wedekind, and starring Marion Cotillard. The film follows a year in the life of the girls in the third dormitory at a secluded boarding school, where new students arrive in coffins. The film is a co-production between France, United Kingdom and Belgium and made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 10 September 2004. It was released theatrically in France on 12 January 2005, in Belgium on 31 August 2005 and in the United Kingdom on 30 September 2005.