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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Grave, contemporary, prestige and contemplative.
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- contemporarynostalgic
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Kayije KagameRama
- Guslagie MalandaLaurence Coly
- Aurélia PetitMaître Vaudenay
- Valérie DrévilleLa Présidente
- Xavier MalyLuc Dumontet
- Robert CantarellaAvocat général
- Salimata KamateOdile Diata
- Thomas De PourqueryAdrien
- Adama Diallo TambaSeynabou
- Mariam DiopKhady
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- Alice DiopDirector
- Amrita DavidWriter
- Alice DiopWriter
- Marie N'DiayeWriter
- Claire MathonDirector of Photography
- Amrita DavidEditor
- Toufik AyadiProducer
- Christophe BarralProducer
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