A novelist attends the trial of a woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, her own family history, doubts, and fears about motherhood are steadily dislodged as the life story of the accused is gradually revealed.
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Kayije Kagame
Rama
Guslagie Malanda
Laurence Coly
Aurélia Petit
Maître Vaudenay
Valérie Dréville
La Présidente
Xavier Maly
Luc Dumontet
Robert Cantarella
Avocat général
Salimata Kamate
Odile Diata
Thomas De Pourquery
Adrien
Adama Diallo Tamba
Seynabou
Mariam Diop
Khady
Director
Alice Diop
Status
Released
Original Language
FR
Revenue
$823,074
Production
Srab Films, Pictanovo, ARTE France Cinéma
CinemaSerf
July 4, 2025
I generally like the style of French courtroom dramas. They lack the stuffy formality of the more typical judicial scenarios and are generally much more combative. This one isn’t so much about the crime, but more about our appreciation and perhaps forgiveness of it’s causes. Senegalese arrival in France “Laurence” (Gustalgie Malanda) is on trial for a murder we know she committed. She took her new...
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