Completed - FRENCH - Drama - 118 minutes
In this extraordinary narrative debut by acclaimed documentarian Alice Diop, a young novelist is forced to confront her personal traumas as she observes the trial of a woman accused of infanticide.
Year of production : 2022 Director(s) : Alice DIOP Writer(s) : Alice DIOP, Amrita DAVID, Marie NDIAYE Cast : Kayjie KAGAME, Guslagie MALANDA, Valérie DREVILLE, Aurélia PETIT Producer(s) : Toufik AYADI (SRAB FILMS), Christophe BARRAL (SRAB FILMS)
Successful journalist and author Rama (Kayije Kagame) attends the trial of a young Senegalese woman (Guslagie Malanda), who has allegedly murdered her own baby daughter. Rama’s plan to write about Laurence in a book inspired by the Medea myth increasingly unravels as she becomes overwhelmed by the case in Alice Diop’s arresting yet highly sensitive, superbly acted fiction feature debut.
Country(ies) : FRANCE
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