PREVIEW: The Innocents (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Rakel Lenora Fløttum (film debut), Alva Brynsmo Ramstad (film debut), Sam Ashraf (film debut), Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim (film debut), Ellen Dorrit Petersen (Thelma), Morten Svartveit (As I Fall), Kadra Yusuf (film debut), Lisa Tønne (Kvinnen i Mitt Liv), Irina Eidsvold Tøien (Bunch of Five)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Eskil Vogt (Blind), director, writer; Maria Ekerhovd (Hoggeren), Misha Jaari (Concrete Night) and Mark Lwoff (Armi Alive!), producers; Pessi Levanto (Backwood Philosopher), composer; Sturla Brandth Grøvlen (Another Round), cinematographer; Jens Christian Fodstad (In Order of Disappearance), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

During a long summer, four children living on the same housing estate – Ida (Fløttum), Anna (Ramstad), Ben (Ashraf) and Aisha (Asheim) – reveal their dark and dangerous powers when the adults aren’t looking. However, things soon take a dark and dangerous turn…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Eskil Vogt, recently Oscar-nominated for co-writing the script for The Worst Person in the World, directs and writes this dark and shocking new twist on the classic “evil children” horror motif.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 20TH MAY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE, AND AVAILABLE TO RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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