Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanda) confesses to causing the death of her baby daughter Elise in Saint Omer. When I was a kid, I used to watch Perry Mason every day after school. I was drawn to the ...

(Saint Omer is the region where the trial is held ... Diop chatted with Salon with the assistance of French/English interpreter Nicholas Elliott, about her new film, which is France's entry ...

Alice Diop’s French drama Saint Omer opens in theaters today, and I remember the emotions I felt when I saw the film at Venice last year. It was a very personal experience for me — as if ...

A version of this interview with “Saint Omer” director Alice Diop first ran in the International Film issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. In 2015, French filmmaker Alice Diop attended the ...

“After going through all the stages with Alice of making Saint Omer, I realized that being an actress, actually, was always in my gut — maybe since the beginning of my life,” Malanda says no ...

But is it a mask? Saint Omer leaves that for the viewer to determine, as the film lays down its cards in eloquent succession. The overwhelming pressure of an immigrant to have a better life.

When the themes of motherhood and murder intersect, it’s a not an easy amble in a park. Saint Omer is inspired by the real-life case of Fabienne Kabou, a Senegalese immigrant who was found ...

This ambiguity takes mesmerizing form in Saint Omer, the strikingly confident feature debut of Alice Diop, a 43-year-old French filmmaker born of Senegalese immigrants. Based on an actual criminal ...