Innocence (2000 film)

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Innocence
Directed by Paul Cox
Written byPaul Cox
Produced byPaul Cox
Mark Patterson
Starring Charles Tingwell
Julia Blake
Edited bySimon Whtington
Music by Paul Grabowsky
Production
companies
Cinemavault Releasing
Fireworks Entertainment
Showtime Movie Channels
Strand/New Oz Productions
Planeta 2010
Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (USA theatrical)
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (USA home media)
Planeta 2010 (through Paramount Pictures) (Spain)
Release date
  • 2000 (2000)
Running time
96 Minutes
CountryAustralia
Language English
Box officeA$1,100,331 (Australia) [1]

Innocence is a 2000 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. The film deals with the story of two separated lovers who meet again accidentally after decades and fall in love again.

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Cast

Reception

The film was lauded by critics and was one of Cox's most successful films commercially. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Accolades

In 2000 it won the Jury Grand Prix, Best feature film, at the Rencontres internationales du cinéma des Antipodes (Antipodean Film Festival). [6]

It also won the Grand Prix des Amériques.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine . Film Victoria. Retrieved 13 November 2012
  2. "Innocence review". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  3. "Interview with Paul Cox". Signet. 13 January 2001. Retrieved 18 November 2012
  4. Rishi K.Manoj (29 November 2012). "Happy if Pranayam was inspired by my film: Paul Cox" Archived 28 January 2013 at archive.today . Malayala Manorama . Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  5. "Row over Kerala State Films Award". The Times of India. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. "All the Awards from Festival des Antipodes". Rencontres Internationales du Cinéma des Antipodes. Retrieved 28 February 2024.