Saint Omer / Srab Films présente ; une coproduction Srab Films, Arte France Cinéma, Pictanovo Hauts-de-France ; un film de Alice Diop ; écrit par Alice Diop, Amrita David et Marie NDiaye ; produit par Toufik Ayadi et Christophe Barral.
Bringing a documentarian's sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving complex themes of mother-daughter bonds, immigrant alienation, and postcolonial trauma into a piercing portrait of two mysteriously connected women, Diop forgoes mere questions of guilt and innocence to plumb the unsettling unknowability of the human soul.
Record details
- ISBN: 9798886071214
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Director-approved DVD special edition.
- Publisher: [New York, New York] : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024, 2022
Content descriptions
General Note: | Originally released as a motion picture in 2022. Special features: New and archival interviews with director Alice Diop; Conversation between Diop and author Hélène Frappat; Conversation between Diop and filmmaker Dee Rees from a 2023 episode of The Director's Cut: a DGA podcast; Trailer. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Director of photography, Claire Mathon ; editor, Amrita David. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit. |
System Details Note: | DVD, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby 5.1 surround; NTSC, region 1. |
Language Note: | French dialogue; English subtitles. |
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Subject: | Mothers > Drama. Mother and child > Drama. Immigrants > France > Drama. Immigrants > Senegal > Drama. Trials (Murder) > Drama. Senegalese > France > Drama. Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France) > Drama. |
Genre: | Feature films. Legal films. Motion pictures, French. Feature films. Fiction films. Legal films. Films de fiction. Films judiciaires. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Homer Public Library | DVD SAI (Text) | 000144564 | Video | Available | - |