🎬 Film · French

Les Innocents (1987)

Name: Les Innocents
Director: André Téchiné
Genre: drama film
Released: 1987
Duration: 96 min
Cast: Jacques Nolot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie France, Simon de La Brosse

⏱ 96 min drama film

Plot

1987 film by André Téchiné

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Why Watch This

André Téchiné’s “Les Innocents” offers a delicate, almost poetic look at the fragile edges of desire and loneliness in 1980s France. The film’s quiet intensity is anchored by a raw, unflinching performance from Jacques Nolot that makes the characters’ yearning feel both personal and universal.

Best For

French drama fans, Téchiné admirers, character‑study lovers, 80s cinema fans, LGBTQ+ narratives, arthouse seekers

The CinePearl Take

Sandrine Bonnaire shines in one of her earliest roles, delivering a quietly magnetic presence that balances Nolot’s anguished vulnerability. Téchiné’s pacing is deliberately languid, allowing moments of silence to speak louder than dialogue. The film’s central theme—innocence confronting the harsh realities of desire—remains resonant, even if its narrative occasionally drifts into melancholy abstraction.

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Cast & Crew

Director: André Téchiné
Cast: Jacques Nolot, Sandrine Bonnaire, Jean-Claude Brialy, Marie France, Simon de La Brosse, Abdellatif Kechiche, Marthe Villalonga, Tanya Lopert
Writer: André Téchiné

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