Saint Omer - Metacritic

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2023
PG-13
2 h 2 m

2023
PG-13
2 h 2 m

Summary 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 o...

Drama

Directed By: Alice Diop

Written By: Amrita David, Marie N'Diaye, Zoé Galeron, Alice Diop

2023
PG-13
2 h 2 m

2023
PG-13
2 h 2 m

Saint Omer

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 37 Critic Reviews

91

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 32 User Ratings

5.1

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Summary 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 o...

Drama

Directed By: Alice Diop

Written By: Amrita David, Marie N'Diaye, Zoé Galeron, Alice Diop

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 37 Critic Reviews

95% Positive
35 Reviews

3% Mixed
1 Review

3% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore

Universal Acclaim Based on 37 Critic Reviews

95% Positive
35 Reviews

3% Mixed
1 Review

3% Negative
1 Review

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Los Angeles Times

Jul 25, 2023

With remarkable stealth and concentration, Diop rewires the generic circuitry of the courtroom drama, avoiding its natural inclination toward sensationalism and grandstanding. She also preserves, through a seamless meld of fiction and nonfiction, the contours and complexities of a terrible true story.

By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW

Chicago Tribune

Jan 13, 2023

Above all Saint Omer is a singularly moving courtroom drama.

By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 32 User Ratings

44% Positive
14 Ratings

19% Mixed
6 Ratings

38% Negative
12 Ratings

User Reviews

User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 32 User Ratings

44% Positive
14 Ratings

19% Mixed
6 Ratings

38% Negative
12 Ratings

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The Hollywood Reporter

Sep 12, 2022

Saint Omer might be fiction, but Diop does not stray too far from her documentary roots. The film maintains a sense of naturalism even during its most tense moments. Diop’s directing style leans observational, as if she is watching and recording her screenplay’s effect on her performers.

By Lovia Gyarkye FULL REVIEW

Jan 17, 2023

Diop’s direction of Saint Omer is spare in style but dense in emotional intelligence, heavy with its own inquiries.

By K. Austin Collins FULL REVIEW

Dec 15, 2022

Far from a courtroom procedural, however, Saint Omer expands beyond those wood-paneled walls to consider how culture, colonialism, biology, and race determine what women experience—and how society views them because of those determinations.

By Josh Larsen FULL REVIEW

Feb 1, 2023

Saint Omer is an intelligent, absorbing drama that had me under its intoxicating spell.

By Barry Levitt FULL REVIEW

Wall Street Journal

Jan 12, 2023

Throughout this dry, dull and bloodless movie, nothing like an honest grappling with the depravity of killing one’s own infant ever seems to occupy anyone’s attention.

By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company Srab Films, Arte France Cinéma, Pictanovo, ARTE, Canal+, Ciné+, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), La Région Île-de-France, Région Hauts-de-France, Fonds Images de la Diversité, Agence Nationale pr Cohésion des Territoires, Cofinova 18, Indéfilms 10, Ciclic-Region Centre-Val de Loire, Région Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Cinécap 3 Développement, Cinémage 13 Développement, Cofinova Développement 15

Release Date Jan 13, 2023

Duration 2 h 2 m

Rating PG-13

Genres

Drama

Website https://superltd.com/films/saint-omer

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Awards

International Cinephile Society Awards

• 1 Win & 7 Nominations

Venice Film Festival

• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations

César Awards, France

• 1 Win & 4 Nominations

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