2022 · drama
Saint Omer
Directed by Alice Diop2h 3m2022
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.
Our read: Saint Omer (2022) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- bleak
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