Where to Watch Saint Omer
- Kevin Ward4 lipca 2025Centered on a trial based on a true life case in which a Senegalese woman killed her own infant daughter, Alice Diop’s Saint Omer mines this extremely unique case for some very harsh truths about motherhood, womanhood, the immigrant experience, …. and so much more. Guslagie Malanda gives an absolutely mesmerizing performance as Laurence Coly, the mother on trial. Her performance is nuanced in such a way that she vividly recounts the killing of her own daughter and yet her testimony, her demeanor, her candor have you on edge of your seat desperate for the possibility that she’s not truly at fault. Our entry into the story isn’t Coly’s perspective. It is actually Rama (Kayiji Kagame), a writer attending the trial in hopes of writing a book about it. Rama discovers numerous parallels between Coly’s situation and her own life, and by extension the audience does too. Saint Omer had me completely engrossed. The two lead performances are excellent and Diop’s direction is really powerfully executed. It’s a complex film that may turn off viewers looking for a more straightforward courtroom drama, but I was incredibly moved. The closing statement from Coly’s defense attorney and the acknowledging glance between Coly and Rama made for a very potent finish. Highly recommend.
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Saint Omer was released on 23 listopada 2022.
Saint Omer was directed by Alice Diop.
Saint Omer has a runtime of 2 h 2 min.
Saint Omer was produced by Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral.
Rama, wykładowczyni i pisarka, udaje się z Paryża do Saint-Omer, aby śledzić z bliska proces Coly, emigrantki z Senegalu, którą oskarżono o doprowadzenie do śmierci swojego dziecka. Z czasem sprawa okazuje się coraz bardziej skomplikowana. Dramat sądowy będący fabularnym debiutem dokumentalistki Alice Diop. Film został uhonorowany m.in. Srebrnym Lwem na festiwalu w Wenecji.
The key characters in Saint Omer are Rama (Kayije Kagame), Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanda), Maître Vaudenay (Aurélia Petit).
Saint Omer is rated PG-13.
Saint Omer is a Dramat, Kryminał film.
Saint Omer has an audience rating of 5.7 out of 10.
Saint Omer has made 823 tys. USD at the box office.