Festival of Films in French

In this courtroom drama based on the 2016 trial in Saint Omer of a French-Senegalese woman accused of infanticide, the convictions of Rama, a novelist expecting a child who attends the proceedings, falter as she listens to the witnesses‘ testimonies and the mother’s own wish to understand her actions.

(Alice Diop, France, French w/English sub, 122min, 2022, Digital)

Co-sponsored by the Department of Global Studies & the Institute of World Affairs