The Innocent (2018 film)

The Innocent
GermanDer Unschuldige
Directed bySimon Jaquemet
Written bySimon Jaquemet
Produced byTolga Dilsiz
Aurelius Eisenreich
StarringJudith Hofmann [de]
Naomi Scheiber
Thomas Schuepbach
CinematographyGabriel Sandru
Edited byChristof Schertenleib
Production
companies
8horses
Augenschein Filmproduktion
Distributed byArte
Film Kino
Release date
  • 9 September 2018 (2018-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
106 minutes
CountriesSwitzerland
Germany
LanguageSwiss German

The Innocent (German: Der Unschuldige) is a Swiss-German drama film, directed by Simon Jaquemet and released in 2018.[1] The film stars Judith Hofmann [de] as Ruth, a devoutly religious woman working in a neuroscience laboratory whose life begins to crack when she receives news that her former fiancé Andi (Thomas Schuepbach), who has been in prison for 20 years after committing murder, is due to be released.[2]

The cast also includes Naomi Scheiber, Christian Kaiser, Anna Tenta, Urs-Peter Wolters, Laura Sophie Winter, Roland Aegerter, Karin Gunzenhauser, Benjamin Lutzke, Giulia Paganini and Jonas Rüegg in supporting roles.

The film premiered in the Platform Prize program at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

Awards

Hofmann won the award for Best Actress at the 2019 Swiss Film Awards,[4] and Jaquemet was nominated for Best Screenplay.

References

  1. ^ Peter Debruge, "Film Review: ‘The Innocent’". Variety, 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ Boyd Van Hoeij, "‘The Innocent’ (‘Der Unschuldige’): Film Review | TIFF 2018". The Hollywood Reporter, 27 September 2018.
  3. ^ Stephen Whitty, "'The Innocent': Toronto Review". Screen Daily, 9 September 2018.
  4. ^ Ben Dalton, "'Those Who Work', 'Chris The Swiss' win three each at 2019 Swiss Film Awards". Screen Daily, 22 March 2019.


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