Overview

At a peculiar all-girls academy, new arrivals, including Iris, are delivered in coffins. Guided by enigmatic teachers, the students dance through enchanted woods by day, while the night unveils sinister lessons that blur innocence and awakening.

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Based on
Based on Mine-Haha, or On the Bodily Education of Young Girls
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Music
Music by Leoš Janáček
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Benoît Debie
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Details

Director: Lucile Hadžihalilović
Writer: Lucile HadžihalilovićWriter
Status: Released
Release date: January 12, 2005
Original language: French
Countries: Belgium, France, United Kingdom

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Production

Ateliers de Baere
Bluelight l'Ecole
Love Streams Productions
Gimages Films

Cast

Zoé AuclairIris
Lea BridarolliAlice
Bérangère HaubrugeBianca
Marion CotillardMademoiselle Eva
Hélène de FougerollesMademoiselle Edith
Olga Peytavi-MüllerLaura
Alisson LalieuxSelma
Anna Palomo-DíazNadja
Astrid HommeRose
Joséphine Van WambekeVera
Corinne MarchandThe director
Sonia PetrovnaThe director's assistant