Saint Omer
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
Format: Videorecording
Edition: Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.
Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
Bringing a documentarian's sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving complex themes of mother-daughter bonds, immigrant alienation, and postcolonial trauma into a piercing portrait of two mysteriously connected women, Diop forgoes mere questions of guilt and innocence to plumb the unsettling unknowability of the human soul.
Series: Criterion collection ; 1212.
Other Authors:
Diop, Alice, 1979- film director, screenwriter.
David, Amrita, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.
NDiaye, Marie, screenwriter.
Ayadi, Toufik, film producer.
Barral, Christophe, film producer.
Kagame, Kayije, actor.
Malanda, Guslagie, actor.
Dréville, Valérie, actor.
Petit, Aurélia, actor.
Mathon, Claire, cinematographer.
SRAB Films, presenter, production company.
Arte France cinéma (Firm), production company.
Pictanovo, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Diop, Alice, 1979- film director, screenwriter.
David, Amrita, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.
NDiaye, Marie, screenwriter.
Ayadi, Toufik, film producer.
Barral, Christophe, film producer.
Kagame, Kayije, actor.
Malanda, Guslagie, actor.
Dréville, Valérie, actor.
Petit, Aurélia, actor.
Mathon, Claire, cinematographer.
SRAB Films, presenter, production company.
Arte France cinéma (Firm), production company.
Pictanovo, production company.
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
Subjects:
Mother and child -- Drama.
Immigrants -- France -- Drama.
Immigrants -- Senegal -- Drama.
Trials (Murder) -- Drama.
Senegalese -- France -- Drama.
Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France) -- Drama.
Mother and child -- Drama.
Immigrants -- France -- Drama.
Immigrants -- Senegal -- Drama.
Trials (Murder) -- Drama.
Senegalese -- France -- Drama.
Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France) -- Drama.
ISBN:
9798886071207
UPC: 715515293716
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BD FOREIGN Saint | Main (Downtown) | Blu-ray Disc | Held |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2022.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: New and archival interviews with director Alice Diop; Conversation between Diop and author Hélène Frappat; Conversation between Diop and filmmaker Dee Rees from a 2023 episode of The Director's Cut: a DGA podcast; Trailer; Folded insert featuring an essay by critic Jennifer Padjemi.
Director of photography, Claire Mathon ; editor, Amrita David.
Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit.
Blu-ray, region A: wide screen; DTS-HD master audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.
French dialogue; English subtitles.
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: New and archival interviews with director Alice Diop; Conversation between Diop and author Hélène Frappat; Conversation between Diop and filmmaker Dee Rees from a 2023 episode of The Director's Cut: a DGA podcast; Trailer; Folded insert featuring an essay by critic Jennifer Padjemi.
Director of photography, Claire Mathon ; editor, Amrita David.
Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit.
Blu-ray, region A: wide screen; DTS-HD master audio 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.
French dialogue; English subtitles.