Samba

Samba (2014)

1 May 2015 (GB)Drama, Comedy1 hour and 58 minutes
63%
User score

Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.

Description

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives. Samba's willing to do whatever it takes to get working papers, while Alice tries to get her life back on track until fate draws them together.

Delphine Coulin
Novel
Olivier Nakache
Director, Writer
Éric Toledano
Director, Writer

Actors

Omar Sy
Omar Sy
Samba Cissé
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Alice
Tahar Rahim
Tahar Rahim
Walid aka Wilson
Izïa Higelin
Izïa Higelin
Manu
Issaka Sawadogo
Issaka Sawadogo
Jonas Karanoto
Hélène Vincent
Hélène Vincent
Marcelle
Youngar Fall
Youngar Fall
Lamouna, Samba's uncle
Christiane Millet
Christiane Millet
Madeleine
Jacqueline Jehanneuf
Jacqueline Jehanneuf
Maggy
Liya Kebede
Liya Kebede
Magali aka 'Gracieuse'
Sabine Pakora
Sabine Pakora
Gracieuse, the salon manager
Clotilde Mollet
Clotilde Mollet
Josiane, from the interim agency
Adel Bencherif
Adel Bencherif
The seller of residence cards
Jean-Michel Correia
Jean-Michel Correia
The patron of the guards
Michel Winogradoff
Michel Winogradoff
The concierge of the hotel
Maxime d'Aboville
Maxime d'Aboville
Samba's advocate
Nicolas Beaucaire
Nicolas Beaucaire
The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'
Victor Loukianenko
Victor Loukianenko
The Russian
Sacha Petronijevic
Sacha Petronijevic
The Serbian
Catherine Davenier
Catherine Davenier
The judge of the court
Status

Released

Original language

French

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$151,530

Keywords
immigrantparis, francelanguage barrierinsomniakissman woman relationshipromancejob seekingsenegalesemigrantlegal aidlegal immigrant