Saint Omer

2022 123 min Drama, Crime

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.

oscars

IMDb 6.8 RT 95 Metacritic 91

earnings $823,074

director Alice Diop

writers Amrita David, Alice Diop, Marie N'Diaye

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