![]() ![]() Rama, who is four-months pregnant herself and, like Coly, is in a mixed-race relationship and also has a complex relationship with her own Senegalese immigrant mother, feels a personal connection to Coly. Coly is a student and Senegalese immigrant accused of leaving her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to be swept away by the tide in Berck. Rama, a literature professor and novelist, travels from Paris to Saint-Omer to observe the trial of Laurence Coly and write about the case. The film was selected as the French entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards, and made the December shortlist. Additional screenings were held at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival and the 2022 New York Film Festival before the theatrical release in France on 23 November 2022. The film premiered in-competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 7 September 2022, where it won the Silver Lion Grand Jury prize along with the Luigi De Laurentiis Lion of the Future award. It is based on the French court case of Fabienne Kabou, who was convicted of the same crime. In the film, Rama (Kagame) is a pregnant young novelist who attends the trial of Laurence Coly (Malanda), a Senegalese woman accused of murdering her 15-month-old child by leaving her on a beach to be swept away by the tide, in order to turn the tragic event into a literary retelling of Medea. It is Diop's first narrative feature after working as a documentary filmmaker. The Belcourt Theatre does not provide advisories about subject matter or potential triggering content, as sensitivities vary from person to person.īeyond the synopses, trailers and review links on our website, other sources of information about content and age-appropriateness for specific films can be found on Common Sense Media, IMDband as well as through general internet searches.Saint Omer is a 2022 French legal drama film directed by Alice Diop and starring Kayije Kagame and Guslagie Malanda. It dances on the surface of these participants, and in their subtle ripples, to reveal the humanity in the seemingly inhumane.” –– Robert Daniels, The Playlist “A stunning film which stirringly builds a confessional out of the stones in the hands of merciless executioners.” –– Rafaela Sales Ross, Little White Lies “Diop’s SAINT OMER doesn’t condescend to the viewer by slinking toward black-and-white offerings of good and evil. It’s also one of the most accomplished and important debuts in some time, certain to confirm Alice Diop’s talent on the international stage. SAINT OMER is gripping, affirming and incendiary in its deconstruction of the continued violence forced upon Black women in French society. Pregnant herself and increasingly uneasy, Rama’s own family history, doubts and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused woman Laurence Coly (an extraordinary Guslagie Malanda) - a Senegalese immigrant who allegedly abandoned her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to the high tide - is gradually revealed. Film Kitchen Meetups for High School Filmmakersĭocumentarian Alice Diop’s astonishing narrative feature debut is told through the stoic point of view of Rama (played with restrained intensity by a superb Kayije Kagame), a young novelist working on a contemporary retelling of the ancient Medea myth.Reel Proud: A Film Seminar for LGBTQ+ High School Students. ![]()
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