Movie

Saint Omer (2022)

123 min

• Drama
• Crime

Director

Alice Diop

Released

November 23, 2022

Synopsis

A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.

Cast

• Kayije Kagame
• Guslagie Malanda
• Aurélia Petit
• Valérie Dréville
• Xavier Maly
• Robert Cantarella
• Salimata Kamate
• Thomas De Pourquery
• Adama Diallo Tamba
• Mariam Diop
• Dado Diop
• Charlotte Clamens

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