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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.
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Saint Omer is a masterful exploration and explosion of courtroom drama conventions with so much more on its mind than innocence and guilt. Full Review | Jun 6, 2023
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 139 reviews, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's consensus reads, "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 in the inhumane."
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 7, 2022 · ‘Saint Omer’ Review: A Quietly Momentous French Courtroom Drama That Subtly But Radically Rewrites the Rules of the Game. Documentarian Alice Diop's extraordinary fiction debut retells a 2016...
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.
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Jan 14, 2023 · ‘Saint Omer’ Is an Unforgettable Film That Deserves Oscars Attention. Alice Diop’s courtroom drama — France’s submission for the Best International Feature Film Oscar — is a powerful...