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Kaija Saariaho: Innocence (2021)
Directed by Simon Stone
Music, Drama · 1h 51m
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.
Cast
Magdalena Kožená
Waitress
Sandrine Piau
Mother-in-Law
T
Tuomas Pursio
Father-in-Law
L
Lilian Farahani
Bride
M
Markus Nykänen
Groom
J
Jukka Rasilainen
Priest
L
Lucy Shelton
Teacher
Vilma Jää
Student 1 (Marketa)
B
Beate Mordal
Student 2 (Lilly)
Julie Hega
Student 3
Simon Kluth
Student 4
C
Camilo Delgado Díaz
Student 5 (Jerónimo)
Crew
- Director
- Simon Stone
- Writer
- Sofi Oksanen
- Original Music Composer
- Kaija Saariaho
Details
- Release date
- 2021-07-10
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Music, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- German, English, Finnish, French, Spanish
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Festival Aix-en-Provence