Directed by Alice Diop
With Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville
Rated PG-13, 122 minutes
In French with English subtitles
Young novelist and professor Rama (Kayije Kagame) attends a trial in Saint Omer Court of Law in order to write about the case of Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanda), 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.