Search results
Jan 13, 2023 · 6 min read. 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.
Sep 16, 2022 · The story's based on the real-life trial of Fabienne Kabou in 2015, a Senegalese immigrant accused of murdering her 15-month-old baby. Diop attended the trial and took copious notes, with dialogue...
- Alice Diop
Sep 7, 2022 · French filmmaker Alice Diop's extraordinary fiction debut 'Saint Omer' invents a radically and wrenchingly personal new grammar for the true-life courtroom drama.
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.
- (139)
- Alice Diop
- PG-13
- Kayije Kagame
Feb 2, 2023 · A novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court tries to use her story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don't go as expected.
Sep 13, 2022 · Saint Omer: a chilling courtroom drama that plays on deep maternal fears. Alice Diop’s fiction feature debut, based loosely on a real-life infanticide court case, examines the monstrous potential within all mothers with startling insight and empathy.
People also ask
Is Saint Omer a good movie?
Is Saint Omer based on a true story?
Does Saint Omer have answers?
What is the movie Saint Omer about?
Who invented 'Saint Omer'?
How can I watch Saint Omer?
Sep 7, 2022 · Saint Omer, which premieres at Venice in competition, is a spellbinding chamber drama about the isolation of motherhood, the grief of parenting and racial interpellation.
Free UK Delivery on Eligible Orders