SAINT OMER
| 2023 – 123′ – Drama
Written by Alice Diop & Amrita David.
Directed by Alice Diop.
Starring Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville.
World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival 2022. Official French Entry Best International Film Academy Awards 2023.
In French with English subtitles.
A Super LTD release.|
Saint-Omer court of law. Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and call into question our own judgement.