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Get out and about. Major events in the Saint-Omer region. The calendar of events of the year. The Pays de Saint-Omer beats to the rhythm of its events all year round, and each season welcomes its annual events. From major festivals to craft fairs, you’re likely to find the event that suits you. JANUARY.
Dec 11, 2022 · Saint Omer. 2022. France. Directed by Alice Diop. Screenplay by Diop, Amrita David, Marie N’Diaye, Zoé Galeron. With Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda. 122 min. Motherhood and sacrifice: the two have long been thought inseparable. But what if the sacrifice is of one’s own child, whether out of noble vengefulness (Medea), the agony of a worse fate (slavery in Toni Morrison’s Beloved), or ...
- Alice Diop
- December 11, 2022
Sep 16, 2022 · And she uses that same documentary nous to full effect in Saint Omer. The story's based on the real-life trial of Fabienne Kabou in 2015, a Senegalese immigrant accused of murdering her 15-month ...
- Alice Diop
The film follows the novelist Rama (Kayije Kagame) as she attends the trial of Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanga), a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. As the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions ...
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- Alice Diop
Watch the trailer, order the Blu-ray for Saint Omer on the official site. On Blu-ray 10 April, & Digital Now, brought to you by Picturehouse Entertainment. Directed by: Alice Diop. Starring: Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit.
Bringing a documentarian’s sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman (Guslagie Malanda) accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama (Kayije Kagame) finds herself shaken ...
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.
