- Actors: Julia Blake, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Kristine Van Pellicom, Kenny Aernouts, Terry Norris
- Directors: Paul Cox
- Writers: Paul Cox
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Sony Pictures
- Release Date: Dec 10 2002
- Run Time: 94 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00006SFJT
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This tender tale of love reignited begins when Andreas (Charles Tingwell) writes a letter to Claire (Julia Blake), the girl he loved in his youth. Though they've married other people (Andreas's wife has died) and had children who are now adults, when they meet again, the passion they once felt returns. But when Claire tells her husband, John (Terry Norris), he's devastated; his struggle to hold on to Claire threatens to ruin all of their lives. Innocence is quiet and slow paced, giving it a calm reflection on love and mortality that turns, sometimes unexpectedly, to heartbreaking sadness. The actors are excellent, particularly Blake, who makes the risks Claire takes feel as immediate and unexpected as they would feel to a teenager. --Bret Fetzer
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Mature love beautifully realized in Innocence
Feb 7 2003
Two young people are shown kissing on the cover of the jewel case for this fine DVD. However, this story is decidely not about young love, but the genuine passion and mature love people nearing seventy can experience in their lives.
Anreas, played beautifully by Charles Tingwell, unexpectedly calls Claire, just as well performed by Julia Blake, after years spent apart in separate lives with their own respective families. Adreas as a young man was an organist with an inportant future and his father discouraged his love for Claire. The two young people had been intimate and were deeply in love when they were kept apart. Even with more than thirty years separating them from their last meeting, they both remembered each other with love and affection. When Andreas made the unexpected call to Claire, she agreed to meet him.
Not long after their first meeting they become lovers again in one of the most extraordinary stories we are likely to see at the movies. These are mature, thoughtful people who understand what they are doing and confront the expected opposition they know they will receive. They attempt to be open and honest with everyone about their relationship and most importantly, open and honest with themselves.
The story of Claire and Andreas is heartbreaking, particularly for Claire who spent much of her life in a conventional marriage which was comfortable, but not emotionally satisfying. Andreas lost his own wife thirty years ago and now realizes how impoverished his life has been without his love for Claire. They both agree to live fully in the moment for as much time as they have left.
This brief summary covers the first third or so of the movie and prepares the viewer for the joys and sorrows this couple will face as they begin their new life together.
This film is quiet and thoughtful as it shows us the lives of two people we would like to know as they encounter one another after a long separation. Claire and Andreas help us to think more deeply about our own lives and our relationship with the people who matter most to us. Few mature adults will fail to be moved by this heartfelt film.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Wonderful -- The Best Film I've Ever Seen
Jan 12 2003
My husband was overwhelmed and touched by this movie. Simply wonderful. Go thee hence, watch and be happy!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
The beauties of aging
Jan 18 2003
INNOCENCE is sonata about love - first love, interrupted love, lost love, rekindled love. In a gentle manner the tale of a young couple falling in love is revealed in the opening sequences and then we meet that same couple decades later, after time, marriage to other people, family, and the world has smeared that tenuous prelude. The man learns his first love lives nearby, they meet, their love is renewed, and the woman must decide whether to follow her heart ( in her late sixties) or remain in a marriage without passion. Simple story, the details are best left out as they might destroy the impact of this lovely film. It is enough to say that the writer and director have presented a love story about people nearing seventy and have made that story as tender and erotic as if it were about youth. The cycle of life, the consequences of choices, and the rare vision of the dignity of the beauty of aging are of more importance here. In a time when the world population of Senior Citizens is rapidly expanding it is refreshing to come across a movie that makes aging not only OK, but actually a state to anticipate with a glow.
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