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26-458: In 1958, Anna Jurin accepts a job as a housekeeper of Saint Ange, a rusty and isolated orphanage located in the French Alps and owned by Madam Francard. The last batch of children have been sent elsewhere shortly after the mysterious death of a boy in the bathroom, which tarnishes the orphanage's reputation and threatens its closure. Other than Anna, the orphanage is now populated by only two people:

52-729: A city council with 202 members. The number of members in each commune delegate depends upon its population. The Mayor is Jean-Luc Rigaut ( UDI ) since 2007. The intercommunality of Annecy, Communauté d'agglomération du Grand Annecy , includes 34 municipalities. The Fier forms part of the commune's northwestern border. The surrounding mountains are Mont Veyrier , Mont Semnoz , La Tournette and Parmelan. Annecy has an oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb) despite its relatively far inland position. Influenced by its elevation, summers are rather moderate on average, although they can be highly variable with extreme heat spikes. Winters see occasional freezing temperatures, but temperatures most often stay in

78-403: A "celebrated" bell foundry at Annecy-le-Vieux. Companies located in and around Annecy include: The Gare d'Annecy railway station offers connections with Lyon, Geneva, Paris, Grenoble and several regional destinations. Annecy – Haute-Savoie – Mont Blanc Airport currently used for private air transport only. Annecy is twinned with: Together with other Alpine towns Annecy engages in

104-407: Is one of the many sent to Saint Ange in 1946 as a war orphan of World War II ; because of shortages of supplies and logistics, Judith is the only survivor. Despite this explanation, Anna suspects that the orphanage deliberately killed and hid the children. She gains the trust of Judith by befriending and calming her when her kittens are apparently drowned by Helenka, enough for her to disclose that

130-641: Is the prefecture and largest city of the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy , 35 kilometres (22 mi) south of Geneva , Switzerland. Nicknamed the "Pearl of the French Alps" in Raoul Blanchard 's monograph describing its location between lake and mountains, the town controls the northern entrance to

156-641: The Mont Blanc massif , are shared with Switzerland and Italy . At 4,808 metres (15,774 ft), Mont Blanc , on the France–Italy border , is the highest mountain in the Alps, and the highest Western European mountain . Notable towns in the French Alps include Grenoble , Chamonix , Annecy , Chambéry , Évian-les-Bains and Albertville . The largest connected ski areas are: The other large ski areas are: A range of winter and summer activities are available in

182-670: The counts of Geneva 's dwelling in the 13th century, to the counts of Savoy 's in the 14th century, the city became Savoy 's capital in 1434 during the Genevois-Nemours prerogative until 1659. Its role increased in 1536, during the Calvinist Reformation in Geneva, while the bishop took refuge in Annecy. Saint Francis de Sales gave Annecy its advanced Catholic citadel role known as Counter-Reformation . The annexation of Savoy merged

208-517: The French Alps. In the winter, these include skiing and snowboarding as well as alternatives such as snowshoeing, sledging. There is a range of other activities that happen such as gliding which most happens during the summer months. Summer activities include hiking, mountaineering, biking and rock climbing. Annecy Annecy ( US : / ˌ æ n ə ˈ s iː , ɑː n ˈ s iː / AN -ə- SEE , ahn- SEE , French: [an(ə)si] ; Arpitan : Èneci , also Ènneci )

234-533: The World Trail Running Championships in 2015. In the 19th century, the primary manufactures were linen and cotton goods , glass , cutlery , earthenware , and leather . The area also carried on linen bleaching and iron mining . By the First World War , it was connected by rail to Aix-les-Bains and there were factories for linen and cotton goods, felt hats , and paper , as well as

260-659: The advance of Calvinism , Annecy became a centre for the Counter-Reformation , the old Bishopric of Geneva being transferred to it in 1535. Francis of Sales was born in Sales, France in 1567 and served as bishop of Annecy from 1602 to 1622; his relics are preserved in the cathedral. During the French Revolution , the Savoy region was conquered by France. Annecy became attached to the department of Mont Blanc , whose capital

286-436: The children inhabit an area somewhere behind a mirror in the bathroom, revealed to be an abandoned dormitory. Helenka tries to prevent them from heading to the area, but Judith knocks her unconscious. The two women proceed to the dormitory and find remains of toys and rotten food. Judith realizes that the children had really died and begs Anna to stop searching, but the latter insists on continuing and boards an elevator heading to

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312-480: The city to France in 1860. Sometimes called "Venice of the Alps", this idyllic and touristic representation comes from the three canals and the Thiou river, which passes through the old city. The city experienced an industrial development in the 19th century with silk manufacturing. Some of its industrial legacy remains today with the headquarters of NTN-SNR bearings, Salomon , Entremont and Dassault Aviation . From

338-586: The dead children. Francard comes back for Judith and the film ends as the room is seen empty. According to Christophe Gans , the film was shot both in French and English. The Canadian DVD has both cuts of the film. Some thought that Virginie Ledoyen was actually five or six months pregnant during filming. The star in fact wore a prosthetic pregnancy for the shoot and spoke of the hard bodily work and physical discomfort this entailed: "We shot scenes in stifling heat, with my hair sticking to me, false blood on my face, and

364-534: The end of the 19th century, Annecy developed tourism around its lake summer facilities, winter resorts proximity and cultural attraction with its castle renovation and fine art museum opening in 1956 and the Animated Film Festival since 1963, hosted in Bonlieu's cultural centre. The municipal environmental policy managed to keep 40.3% of green spaces, and the city was awarded the "Golden Flower" in 2015, given to

390-429: The lake and the mountains, Annecy is also popular for watersports (sailing, rowing, wakeboarding, water skiing) and wintersports (alpine skiing, snowboarding, Nordic skiing). Le Semnoz, a relatively small ski resort is 35 minutes away from Annecy. Other bigger ski resorts, La Clusaz and Le Grand Bornand, are only 40 minutes away. Annecy is also very popular among trail runners and many races are organized year round, such as

416-475: The lake gorge. Due to a lack of available building land between the lake and the protected Semnoz mountain, its population has remained stable, around 50,000 inhabitants, since 1950. However, the 2017 merger with several ex-communes extended the population of the city to 128,199 inhabitants and that of the urban area to 177,622, placing Annecy seventh in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. Switching from

442-580: The latex stomach melting." French Alps The French Alps ( French : Alpes françaises ; Arpitan : Ârpes francêses ; Occitan : Aups francesas ; Ligurian : Arpi françéixi ) are the portions of the Alps mountain range that stand within France , located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. While some of the ranges of the French Alps are entirely in France, others, such as

468-433: The long-time cook Helenka and an adult orphan, Judith, who suffers from a mental disability and claims that there are other, unseen, children in the location. Throughout her stay, Anna experiences apparent supernatural phenomena. However, Helenka dismisses her worries as mere hallucinations, especially after she learns that Anna is pregnant due to a gang rape , a fact that she tries to hide at first. Anna learns that Judith

494-507: The nine most-flowered French cities. Le vieil Annecy ("Old Annecy"; not to be confused with Annecy-le-Vieux , formerly a neighboring town but now merged into Annecy), was a settlement from the time of the Romans . Annecy was the court of the counts of Geneva or Genevois from the 10th century. It passed to the counts of Savoy in 1401. In 1444, it became the regional capital of the provinces of Genevois , Faucigny and Beaufortain . With

520-590: The second round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) talks in 1949. In 2012, a multiple murder occurred in the Annecy area. The new municipality was established on 1 January 2017 by merger with the former communes of Annecy-le-Vieux , Cran-Gevrier , Meythet , Pringy and Seynod . Annecy is part of four cantons ( Annecy-1 , Annecy-2 , Annecy-3 and Annecy-4 ); it is the prefecture of Haute-Savoie . Since 2017, Annecy has consisted of six delegate cities: Annecy; Annecy-le-Vieux; Cran-Gevrier; Meythet; Pringy; and Seynod. Local government consists of

546-622: The single-digits during the daytime with frequent cold rain. Air frosts are normal during the night and snowfall is not uncommon. Annecy has hosted the Annecy International Animated Film Festival since 1960 and the Rencontres Internationales d'Annecy Cinéma & Architecture since 1999 and it was one of the oldest festivals in France. On 23 July 2009, Annecy played host to Stage 18 of the Tour de France , as

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572-591: The start/finish point for an individual time trial around Lake Annecy . It was also the start town for stage 10 of the 2018 Tour de France on 17 July 2018. Annecy launched a bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympics but lost to Pyeongchang . If they had been chosen, Annecy would have been the fourth French city to host the Winter Olympic Games, after Chamonix ( 1924 ), Grenoble ( 1968 ), and Albertville ( 1992 ). Ligue 1 former team Évian Thonon Gaillard F.C. played their home matches in Annecy. The club

598-573: The underground, which is now damp, dark, and rust-walled. They find Anna and her baby on the floor, both dead. Deciding to leave them there, the two head upstairs to leave the premises alongside Helenka and Judith; it is implied that Anna has been hallucinating the phenomena due to the stress, as she is revealed to be the true culprit for the drowning of the kittens. However, before they leave, Judith throws away her medication, as Anna advised her earlier, and peeks into Anna's former bedroom, where she sees her and her baby, now as spirits of Saint Ange, alongside

624-418: The underground. Anna arrives at a sterile, hospital-like structure with clean white walls and brightly lit lamps. She is confronted by the children who rise from a series of murky baths, who surround her. Anna goes into a sudden labor and is helped to deliver the baby by the children but the newborn infant is stillborn when the stillbirth killed Anna. Sometime later, Francard and her assistant search for Anna in

650-615: Was Chambéry . The Catholic diocese was suppressed in 1801. After the Bourbon Restoration in 1815, Annecy was returned to the King of Sardinia and the Catholic diocese restored in 1822. The Hôtel de Ville (city hall) was completed in 1851. When Savoy was annexed to France in 1860 with the Treaty of Turin , it became the capital of the new department of Haute-Savoie . Annecy was the site of

676-487: Was founded in 2007, they grew up to reach Ligue 1, and stayed for four years in the division, thanks to their emblematic trainer Pascal Dupraz . The Annecy basin is one of the world's leading locations for the sport of paragliding , an activity of some economic importance to the region. The area regularly hosts major competitions, most recently a leg of the Paragliding World Cup in 2012. Due to its proximity with

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