Saint Omer (2022)

Alice Diop · 123 min · Letterboxd ↗

A novelist attends the trial of a 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, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.

Saint Omer screens 2 times at BFI Southbank between Tuesday 17 November and Monday 30 November.