Les innocents

Titre original : The Innocents

1961
G
1h 40m

ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,7/10

34 k

MA NOTE

Liretrailer3 min 09 s

1 vidéo

84 photos

Psychological Horror Supernatural Horror Drama Horror

Une jeune gouvernante de deux enfants est convaincue que la maison et le terrain sont hantés.Une jeune gouvernante de deux enfants est convaincue que la maison et le terrain sont hantés.Une jeune gouvernante de deux enfants est convaincue que la maison et le terrain sont hantés.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,7/10

34 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Nominé pour le prix 2 BAFTA Awards
- 4 victoires et 5 nominations au total

Anecdotes
To create such sharp visuals, director of photography Freddie Francis used lots of huge bright lamps. Deborah Kerr sometimes had to resort to wearing sunglasses between takes. He also had candles custom made with four or five wicks entwined to produce more light.

Gaffes
An obvious center back zipper in several of Miss Kerr's costumes, as well as in Mrs. Gross & Flora's costumes. The Innocents is set during the Victorian period, 1837-1901. Commercial zippers were not used in clothing until 1925.

Citations
Miles: What shall I sing to my lord from my window? What shall I sing for my lord will not stay? What shall I sing for my lord will not listen? Where shall I go when my lord is away? Whom shall I love when the moon is arisen? Gone is my lord and the grave is his prison. What shall I say when my lord comes a calling? What shall I say when he knocks on my door? What shall I say when his feet enter softly? Leaving the marks of his grave on my floor. Enter my lord. Come from your prison. Come from your grave, for the moon is a risen. Welcome, my lord.

Générique farfelu
The film begins with a totally black screen and the sound of Flora singing for several seconds; then the 20th Century Fox logo fades in and out. The singing continues for a few seconds before the opening credits begin. As the credits display, we see an anguished Miss Giddens praying on the left side of the screen. Her actions are not explained until the film's climax.

Connexions
Featured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: The Innocents (1974)

Bandes originales
O Willow Waly
Music by Georges Auric
Lyric by Paul Dehn
Performed by Isla Cameron

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9/10

Horror that is the cinematic equivalent of rising damp

Director Jack Clayton's masterpiece is a study of deepest dread. Its horror is the cinematic equivalent of rising damp.

Deborah Kerr accepts a job as the governess of two strange children (Martin Stephens and Pamela Franklin) and becomes convinced that they occupy a world haunted by repressed memories and the restless dead.

Martin Stephens' performance as the unfathomable Miles is extraordinary. The child projects a physical authority rare for his years. His dialog exchanges with Kerr run the gamut from highly amusing to deeply disturbing.

Clayton's greatest achievement is the way he subverts common household settings to the point where they become arenas of fear.

The sound design is chilling, conjuring sudden terror and thrusting us into the complex mechanics of the Kerr character's growing paranoia.

Strikingly shot and lit, the film is a textbook example of grave cinematic suggestion.