SCREENING IN THE BERNARD OSHER FOUNDATION AUDITORIUM
France’s submission for Best International Feature at the 2023 Academy Awards!
#1 Film of 2022 - Reverse Shot
“Saint Omer challenges accepted ideas of perspective, of subjectivity and objectivity – and even of what cinema can be when it’s framed by an intelligence that doesn’t accept those accepted ideas.”
122 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Alice Diop. In French with English subtitles.
Saint Omer court of law. Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a young 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, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and call into question our own judgment.