Kaija Saariaho: Innocence

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  • Movie
  • 2021
  • 1h 51m
  • Music
  • Drama

The world premiere of composer Kaija Saariaho's opera, "Innocence", at the 2021 Aix-en-Provence Festival. Finland is the setting but the protagonists come from the four corners of Europe: a Finnish groom and his Romanian bride, a French mother-in-law and a Czech maid. Around them memories unravel in a contemporary tragedy of guilt and lost innocence.

Play
Director
Simon Stone
Starring
Magdalena Kožená, Sandrine Piau, Tuomas Pursio, Lilian Farahani

Cast

  • Magdalena Kožená

    Magdalena Kožená

    Waitress

  • Sandrine Piau

    Sandrine Piau

    Mother-in-Law

  • Tuomas Pursio

    Father-in-Law

  • Lilian Farahani

    Bride

  • Markus Nykänen

    Groom

  • Jukka Rasilainen

    Priest

  • Lucy Shelton

    Teacher

  • Vilma Jää

    Vilma Jää

    Student 1 (Marketa)

  • Beate Mordal

    Student 2 (Lilly)

  • Julie Hega

    Julie Hega

    Student 3

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