Saint Omer (2022) by Alice Diop, 122 minutes

23 AWARDS & 43 NOMINATIONS - Rama, a literature professor and novelist, travels from Paris to Saint-Omer to observe the trial of Laurence Coly and write about the case. Coly is a student and Senegalese immigrant accused of leaving her 15-month-old daughter on a beach to be swept away by the tide in Berck.

Rama, who is four-months pregnant and, like Coly, is in a mixed-race relationship and has a complex relationship with her own Senegalese immigrant mother, feels a personal connection to Coly. She plans to write a modern day retelling of the Greek Medea myth about the case. (© Neon Rated)

• Tuesday, April 16

• 7:00 PM at McCosh 10

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