THE INNOCENTS

I stumbled upon this Swedish supernatural horror film by accident when trawling through the C4 website for something to watch.  It's not the sort of thing I would normally go for, but I'm sure glad I gave it a go. 

Reading the plot outline on Wikipedia one could be forgiven for thinking the story here is quite silly, involving kids with ESP powers and the like.

So it's to the credit of the writer and director [] and to the four child actors that the film is so gripping, creepy and at times moving.

The four children completely dominate proceedings, with their parents (the only adults of any significance) mostly on the periphery.

Three of the four [] are of the same age (9ish?) whilst [] who is [] older sister is in her mid-teens.  She suffers from some condition [ ] according to Wikipedia that means she cannot communicate verbally.  This is portrayed via an extraordinarily good performance by the actor in question [].

At the start of the film [] and [] have just moved into a new area (their father has a new job), and they soon make friends with [] and [].