Saint Omer currently has an average rating of 6 out of 10 and has been rated by 7 users on our platform.
Alice Diop understands how silence, when allowed to exist, vibrates with echoes, and it is these echoes that are trying to speak to us. They have a lot to say. "Saint Omer" shows us how to listen.
Read full review at Roger Ebert...a harrowing look at ambivalent motherhood.
Read full review at Paste MagazineA literature professor observes a court case in which a mother stands accused of murdering her child in Alice Diop's sublime drama.
Read full review at Little White Lies...witchcraft and baby killing in extraordinary real-life courtroom drama.
Read full review at The GuardianAlice Diop’s documentarian approach to the courtroom drama is fresh and urgent, consistently commanding attention to the women as they speak and listen. A philosophical discourse delivered with astonishing clarity.
Read full review at Empire...a haunting study of a mother’s unforgivable crime.
Read full review at The Telegraph...as intriguing as it is intellectually rigorous...
Read full review at The GuardianAlthough technically a work of fiction, “Saint Omer” is fiercely documentary-like in its concerns.
Read full review at Indie WireIt is riveting and uncompromising cinema of the highest order.
Read full review at The Austin Chronicle...an empathetic portrayal of a woman accused of infanticide.
Read full review at The A.V. Club...ett verklighetsbaserat rättegångsdrama som inte behöver använda många filmknep i boken för att gripa publiken.
Read full review at Moviezine...kerer sig mere om postnational identitet, kvindelighed, moderskab, tilknytning og personlig splittelse end for suget i maven og pulsen i årerne...
Read full review at SoundvenueLaurence spilles fængende af Guslagie Malanda med en passivitet, der både foruroliger og fastholder os.
Read full review at Filmmagasinet EkkoDet här är en fiktion med en egen, minst lika tung sanningshalt. Vacker och exakt.
Read full review at Dagens NyheterBildning, logik, häxkraft och en brutal världsordning. Regissören Alice Diops ”Saint Omer” är en giftig brygd som tar sig an ett av Frankrikes mest uppmärksammade rättsfall.
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