Saint Omer (2023)
69%RT Audience Score: 45%
Awards & Nominations: NA
A gut-punching contemplation of a woman’s immigrant experience, Saint Omer puts a mother on the stand and the audience in the jury box to find humanity in the inhumane.
“Saint Omer” is a powerful movie that takes an honest look at the immigrant experience of a woman. The movie puts the audience in the role of the jury and challenges us to find humanity in the midst of inhumane circumstances. It’s a gut-wrenching and thought-provoking film that is not to be missed.
Production Company(ies)
Anonymous Content, Hulu, Psychological, Sister
Distributor
Super LTD
Release Type
Streaming
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:1.85 : 1
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Runtime:2h 2m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Jan 13, 2023 Limited
Genre(s)
Drama
Keyword(s)
Saint Omer, drama, French, Alice Diop, Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral, written by Alice Diop, Marie N’Diaye, Amrita David, Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanga, Valérie Dréville, Ege Güner, Atillahan Karagedik, directed by Alice Diop, produced by Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral, reviewed by Lillian Crawford, Wendy Ide, Tim Robey, Danny Leigh, Peter Bradshaw, David Jenkins, Tim Brayton, Alexa Dalby, Nick Hasted, Paul Whitington, Latoya Austin, PG-13, immigrant experience, mother, trial, courtroom drama, rising tide, beach, northern France, judgement, critic reviews, box office, gross USA, budget, Dolby Digital, Flat (1.85:1), Super LTD, aspect ratio, sound mix, Kayije Kagame as Rama, Guslagie Malanga as Laurence Coly, Valérie Dréville as La Présidente du tribunal, Ege Güner as Ege Güner, Atillahan Karagedik as Jackson, Mustili as Mustafa
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend: $69,232
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $74,124
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,057
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Guslagie Malanga – Laurence Coly
Valérie Dréville – La Présidente du tribunal
Ege Güner – Ege Güner
Atillahan Karagedik – Jackson
Mustili – Mustafa
Director – Alice Diop
Producers – Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral
Writers – Alice Diop, Marie N’Diaye, Amrita David
Sound Mix – Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio – Flat (1.85:1)
Distributor – Super LTD
Director(s)
Alice Diop
Writer(s)
Alice Diop, Marie N’Diaye, Amrita David
Producer(s)
Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (111) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (104) | Rotten (7)
Alice Diop’s documentarian approach to the courtroom drama is fresh and urgent, consistently commanding attention to the women as they speak and listen.
February 6, 2023 | Rating: 5/5
Lillian Crawford
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Diop deftly depicts the two women as distorted mirror images of each other: Rama recognises something in Laurence even as she abhors her crime.
February 4, 2023 | Rating: 4/5
Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
The film mounts its thesis while hardly needing to verbalise what’s going on: it mesmerises by reaching inside them to listen, even while others talk.
February 4, 2023 | Rating: 5/5
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Gavel-banging clichés are scoured away in Alice Diop’s subtly groundbreaking film.
February 2, 2023 | Rating: 5/5
Danny Leigh
Financial Times
TOP CRITIC
It is vital film-making.
February 2, 2023 | Rating: 5/5
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
TOP CRITIC
The standard for ‘Best of 2023’ lists has already been set.
February 1, 2023 | Rating: 5/5
David Jenkins
Little White Lies
TOP CRITIC
There are both a good idea for a movie and a great idea for a movie tangled up right next to each other.
February 11, 2023 | Rating: 3.5/5
Tim Brayton
Alternate Ending
It’s harrowing and haunting.
February 8, 2023 | Rating: 4/5
Alexa Dalby
Dog and Wolf
Saint Omer is about the past haunting and bonding women, for good and ill, in a society which helped make Laurence a ghost to herself. It brings scars to the surface, to breathe and heal beneath her camera’s lingering, unjudgmental gaze.
February 6, 2023 | Rating: 5/5
Nick Hasted
The Arts Desk
Diop’s film is not really about deciding guilt or innocence, but rather an exploration of the power of language, and the illusory nature of perception.
February 3, 2023 | Rating: 5/5
Paul Whitington
Irish Independent
It is a film providing an immersive insight into a heart wrenching court case .. The film’s strength lies in underlining the humanity that is still in effect .. The cinematography is indeed as superb as expected from renowned cinematographer Claire Mathon
February 3, 2023
Latoya Austin
Franglais27 Tales
Quietly devastating.
February 2, 2023 | Rating: 4.5/5
Jennie Kermode
Eye for Film…
Plot
Saint Omer follows a young novelist attending the trial of a woman accused of killing her daughter, as the testimonies of the accused and witnesses challenge her convictions and call into question our own judgement.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Guslagie Malanda plays the character Laurence Coly in the film.
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