According to the program for this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival, director Jan Hrebejk and writer Petr Jarchovsky have visited many times with their collaborations. What is different this time is the type of film they have brought. Supposedly beginning a new trilogy in “blame and punishment”, this psychological thriller is new territory for their oeuvre and if the next two are as good or better than this, I say they shouldn’t stop at just three.
On the surface Nevinnost [Innocence] is a tale about the sanctity of a young girl’s word. Olinka (Anna Linhartová) is quite obviously a disturbed girl with a fanciful imagination, but when she accuses her physical therapist of abuse—or in her own words, love—the law doesn’t allow you to laugh and assume slander. No, in terms of a crime such as this, even the smallest chance of truth means you...
On the surface Nevinnost [Innocence] is a tale about the sanctity of a young girl’s word. Olinka (Anna Linhartová) is quite obviously a disturbed girl with a fanciful imagination, but when she accuses her physical therapist of abuse—or in her own words, love—the law doesn’t allow you to laugh and assume slander. No, in terms of a crime such as this, even the smallest chance of truth means you...
- 10/5/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
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