The Innocents
Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.
- Released: 2021-09-03
- Runtime: 117 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Horror, Thrillers
- Stars: Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim, Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Morten Svartveit, Kadra Yusuf, Lisa Tønne, Nor Erik Vaagland Torgersen, Irina Eidsvold Tøien, Marius Kolbenstvedt, Kim Atle Hansen, Birgit Nordby
- Director: Eskil Vogt
Comments
- jfgibson73 - 4 January 2023
But why did he decide to do that?
I really wanted to like this movie more. It has a great premise, and sets everything up very well. It moves slowly, but the performances by the child actors kept my attention with their naturalism. However, it left me with a lot of questions at the end. Now, I won't say this is necessarily the film's fault, because many times I will realize later that a movie that seemed confusing actually had all the answers hidden in plain sight. Well, for whatever reason, I wasn't interested enough by this story to dig deeper and put the pieces together to understand what I might have missed. My favorite aspect of the film was the development of the special needs child; I would be interested in learning more about how they got that performance out of the actress. My recommendation: worth a watch, primarily for the acting. - parkrangerno7 - 25 October 2022
What a treat
"We were just playing a little bit."
A bunch of young kids get to know each other and start hanging out during their Nordic summer holiday, in the middle of several bland high rises surrounded by forest, and discover they have some special talents. Now they have to figure out how to deal with them.
Might not sound like much of a story, but oh boy, it is! The young actors do an amazing job of showing, well, what it's like to be a kid discovering the world, figuring out right from wrong, and the details of life that adults with "responsibilities" often miss. There's a lot more going on than immediately meets the eye. Which is all the more haunting, creepy and beautiful in such a boring yet serene environment that makes the slightly otherworldly story shine through even more.
Highly recommended, especially (yet not exclusively) if you appreciate tense, slow-burning, and beautifully shot Nordic movies and TV series.
