'Saint Omer' review: This complex courtroom drama is about much more than murder Based on an actual criminal case in France in which a Senegalese woman killed her baby daughter, Alice Diop's film ...

In it, well-spoken, educated Senegalese immigrant Laurence Coly, like the real Fabienne Kabou only a few years back, stands trial in quaint Saint-Omer in northeastern France for killing her 15 ...

France has picked Alice Diop‘s courtroom drama Saint Omer as its contender for the 2023 Oscar race in the best international feature category.. Diop’s first narrative feature (her previous ...

In the French courtroom drama Saint Omer, set in the small town of the same name, a young Senegalese woman stands trial for killing her 15-month-old daughter.