Saint Omer
Movie • 2022
ReportA 30-something novelist named Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly at the Saint-Omer Criminal Court. The latter is accused of killing her fifteen-month-old daughter by abandoning her on a beach in the north of France just as the tide was rising. Rama would like to use this story to write a modern-day adaptation of the ancient myth of Medea, but things don’t go as planned during the trial. Ultimately, it will be Rama’s relationship with motherhood which is called into question during this “huis clos” trial.
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kelseyj610
Not on-screen. Hard one to answer. A mother kills her child, nonviolently. It is not shown but obviously frequently discussed. There are scenes indicating that Rama's mother neglected her, but no physical abuse.
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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kelseyj610
It is mentioned (and weirdly accepted as okay by the prosecuting attorney??)
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Is there a large age gap?
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kelseyj610
Yes, between two adults. About 20-30 years' difference,
maybe? Laurence is about 20 when it starts, I think.
maybe? Laurence is about 20 when it starts, I think.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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kelseyj610
In the most literal sense. It's explained in the course of the film that Laurence killed her daughter by lulling her to sleep and then leaving her on the beach at high tide to drown.
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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kelseyj610
Basically the defense for the crime committed (which is never shown) is that she was under the influence of sorcery. It's not exactly equated with mental illness, and she doesn't display any signs of mental illness in the movie.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is an infant abducted?
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kelseyj610
Only in the sense that she is taken from her home by her mother, who kills her. All off-screen.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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kelseyj610
Not extreme. but what stood out to me from the movie was when the investigating police officer(?) was testifying and indicated that because Laurence is West African, she might believe in sorcery compelling her. In that same conversation, the prosecuting attorney says "Female genital mutilation has cultural value."
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Is someone restrained?
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kelseyj610
Handcuffs
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Does someone drown?
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kelseyj610
Off-screen. The child who is the subject of the trial was allowed to drown by her mother.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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kelseyj610
Very brief (like, maybe I imagined it) - young Laurence walks into a room seeming to have just come from school, with blood in the crotch her pants. Her mother doesn't acknowledge her, and Laurence leaves the room silently.
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Does someone cheat?
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kelseyj610
Laurence is living with a married man. Only discussed, not shown.
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Are there abortions?
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kelseyj610
They are mentioned, but not talked about graphically.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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kelseyj610
Maybe about halfway through, it's revealed that the main character is pregnant.
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Is someone possessed?
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kelseyj610
Not on-screen. "Sorcery" is given as the defense for the woman on trial. As far as I remember she doesn't describe a feeling of being possessed, in particular, though.
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Is someone homeless?
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kelseyj610
Laurence is mentioned to be near homelessness when she moves in with Luc. Not portrayed on screen.
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antonella
The whole film is about a trial for infanticide
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antonella
Just after the scene at the restaurant, we see Rama vomit (you can see and hear it)
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