New films in France tackle race, gender, exile and belonging
“Saint Omer” and “Tirailleurs” also examine the complex link between Senegal and France
Laurence Coly (Guslagie Malanda, pictured) is a young Senegalese woman studying philosophy in Paris. One winter evening, she takes a train to the cold northern French coast, checks in to a hotel for the night, walks to the beach on a rising tide and leaves her baby to drown. The tiny corpse is found by a fisherman, who at first mistakes the child for a seal.
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