| Edition |
Director-approved DVD special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 123 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
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polychrome rdacc |
| Description |
digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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surround rdacpc |
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Dolby digital 5.1 |
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sound rdasco |
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1.85:1 |
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wide screen rdaar |
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NTSC rdabs |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
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DVD tlcgt |
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Rated PG-13 tlccontent |
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General tlctarget |
| Series |
Criterion collection |
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Criterion collection ; 1212.
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (1.85:1); Dolby 5.1 surround; NTSC, region 1. |
| Language |
French dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Cast |
Kayije Kagame, Guslagie Malanda, Valérie Dréville, Aurélia Petit. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Claire Mathon ; editor, Amrita David. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2022. |
| Summary |
Bringing a documentarian's sense of open-ended inquiry to her first narrative feature, writer-director Alice Diop constructs a morally and emotionally layered courtroom drama unlike any other. When she travels to Saint-Omer, France, to attend the trial of a young Senegalese woman accused of murdering her infant daughter, novelist Rama finds herself shaken to the core by a case that proves to have profound resonances with her own life. Interweaving complex themes of mother-daughter bonds, immigrant alienation, and postcolonial trauma into a piercing portrait of two mysteriously connected women, Diop forgoes mere questions of guilt and innocence to plumb the unsettling unknowability of the human soul. |
| Note |
Special features: New and archival interviews with director Alice Diop; Conversation between Diop and author Hélène Frappat; Conversation between Diop and filmmaker Dee Rees from a 2023 episode of The Director's Cut: a DGA podcast; Trailer; Folded insert featuring an essay by critic Jennifer Padjemi. |
| Subject |
Mother and child -- Drama.
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Immigrants -- France -- Drama.
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Immigrants -- Senegal -- Drama.
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Trials (Murder) -- Drama.
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Senegalese -- France -- Drama.
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Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais, France) -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Legal films.
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Motion pictures, French.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Legal films.
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Théâtre. (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000474
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Films de fiction. (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000003
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Films judiciaires. (CaQQLa)RVMGF-000000139
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| Added Author |
Diop, Alice, 1979- film director, screenwriter.
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David, Amrita, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.
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NDiaye, Marie, screenwriter.
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Ayadi, Toufik, film producer.
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Barral, Christophe, film producer.
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Kagame, Kayije, actor.
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Malanda, Guslagie, actor.
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Dréville, Valérie, actor.
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Petit, Aurélia, actor.
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SRAB Films, presenter, production company.
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Arte France cinéma (Firm), production company.
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Pictanovo, production company.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9798886071214 |
| Standard No. |
715515293815 |
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00715515293815 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
CC3536D The Criterion Collection |
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1212 The Criterion Collection |
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