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Saint Omer is a 2022 French legal drama film written and directed by Alice Diop, and starring Kayije Kagame and Guslagie Malanda. It is Diop's first narrative feature.
Nov 23, 2022 · Saint Omer: Directed by Alice Diop. With Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit. Follows Rama, a novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
A gut-punching contemplation of a woman's immigrant experience, Saint Omer puts a mother on the stand and the audience in the jury box to find humanity...
Nov 21, 2022 · Inspired by true events, SAINT OMER is an arresting and profound film of constantly shifting layers; at once a tense courtroom drama, an inquiry into female agency, and a provocative examination...
Jan 13, 2023 · Powered by JustWatch. In 2016, the accomplished documentary filmmaker Alice Diop, sat in the courtroom in the town of Saint-Omer, listening to the chilling testimony of Fabienne Kabou, a French-Senegalese woman accused of killing her infant daughter.
The extraordinary narrative debut feature by acclaimed documentarian Alice Diop depicts the gripping story of a young novelist who is forced to confront her own complex family history as she attends a notorious murder trial.
Jan 13, 2023 · Richard Brody reviews “Saint Omer,” Alice Diop’s courtroom drama about a woman who is charged with infanticide, and the power of language to spark imagination.
