Question 1

What unusual method delivers new students to the all-girls academy in Innocence?

Accepted Answer

New arrivals, including Iris, are delivered in coffins to the peculiar all-girls academy.

Question 2

Which two well-known actresses did the director hire as teachers to reassure financiers, despite them not being main roles?

Accepted Answer

Director Lucile Hadzihalilovic hired Marion Cotillard as Mademoiselle Eva and Hélène de Fougerolles as Mademoiselle Edith to reassure financiers.

Question 3

Which 1903 novel inspired the film Innocence?

Accepted Answer

The film was inspired by the 1903 novel 'Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls' by Frank Wedekind.

Question 4

Which major international festivals screened Innocence in 2004?

Accepted Answer

In 2004, Innocence screened at Karlovy Vary, San Sebastián, Stockholm, BFI London, and Toronto International Film Festivals.

Question 5

What symbolic importance does water have in Innocence according to the director's DVD commentary?

Accepted Answer

Water is necessary, sensual, enjoyable, dangerous (with drowning), evokes emotions, symbolizes time's passage, and represents a freeing, uncontrolled environment for children.

Question 6

What unusual method is used to deliver new students to the all-girls academy in Innocence?

Accepted Answer

New arrivals, including Iris, are delivered in coffins to the peculiar all-girls academy.

Question 7

Which two well-known actresses were hired to play the teachers to reassure the film's financiers?

Accepted Answer

Director Lucile Hadzihalilovic hired Marion Cotillard as Mademoiselle Eva and Hélène de Fougerolles as Mademoiselle Edith to reassure financiers.

Question 8

What 1903 novel inspired the film Innocence?

Accepted Answer

The film was inspired by Frank Wedekind's 1903 novel 'Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls.'

Question 9

Which major international film festivals featured Innocence in 2004?

Accepted Answer

Innocence was featured at the Karlovy Vary, San Sebastián, Toronto, BFI London, and Stockholm International Film Festivals in 2004.

Question 10

What symbolic importance does water have in the film according to the director?

Accepted Answer

Director Lucile Hadzihalilovic describes water as necessary, sensual, enjoyable, dangerous, emotional, and symbolic of time's passage in the film's universe.

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