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Saint Omer (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Saint Omer' is a 2022 French film directed by Alice Diop and starring Kayije Kagame and Guslagie Malanda. It is Diop's first narrative feature after working as a documentary filmmaker. 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.
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. 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.
Plot
Rama is a pregnant novelist who decides to observe the trial of Laurence Coly and write about the case. Coly is a Senegalese immigrant living in France who left her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to be swept away by the tide. Rama plans to write a modern day retelling of the Greek Medea myth about the case. As she learns more about Coly's life, Rama becomes increasingly anxious about her own life and pregnancy.
Cast
* Kayije Kagame as Rama
* Guslagie Malanga as Laurence Coly
* Aurlia Petit
* Valrie Drville
* Salih Sigirci as Salih
* Fatih Sahin as Fatih
* Atillahan Karagedik as Jackson
* Ege Gner as Ege Gner
* Mustili as Mustafa
* Lionel Top as Journalist
Critical reception
According to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, 'Saint Omer' has a 100% approval rating based on 11 reviews from critics, with an average rating of 9.0/10. On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film holds a score of 94 out of 100 based on 6 reviews indicating universal acclaim. In September 2022 it was one of five films shortlisted for France's official selection for Best International Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
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