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Alice Diop’s unnerving fiction feature is based on the true case of a Senegalese immigrant accused in the French court of murdering her 15-month-old daughter

French filmmaker Alice Diop’s complex courtroom drama challenges viewers to listen to, rather than judge, a mother’s plight.

By the end of "Saint Omer," with Nina Simone’s version of “Little Girl Blue” accompanying images of the empty streets, filmmaker Alice Diop turns courtroom drama into poetry.

A real-life case of infanticide is the basis of Alice Diop’s rigorous and wrenching courtroom drama.

Based on an actual case, the first feature by the French documentarian Alice Diop is a troubling story of matricide, racism, and sorcery.

Alice Diop's debut fiction feature is a haunting courtroom drama based on the real-life story of a young Senegalese Frenchwoman accused of murdering her infant.