Movie·2014·1h 58m
Samba
Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.
Country
France
Language
Arabic
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The Story
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.
Producer
Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun
Cinematography
Stéphane Fontaine
Music
Ludovico Einaudi
Editor
Dorian Rigal-Ansous
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Omar Sy
Samba Cissé
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Alice
Tahar Rahim
Walid aka Wilson
Izïa Higelin
Manu
Issaka Sawadogo
Jonas Karanoto
Hélène Vincent
Marcelle
Youngar Fall
Lamouna, Samba's uncle
Christiane Millet
Madeleine
Jacqueline Jehanneuf
Maggy
Liya Kebede
Magali aka 'Gracieuse'
Sabine Pakora
Gracieuse, the salon manager
Clotilde Mollet
Josiane, from the interim agency
Adel Bencherif
The seller of residence cards
Jean-Michel Correia
The patron of the guards
Michel Winogradoff
The concierge of the hotel
Maxime d'Aboville
Samba's advocate
Nicolas Beaucaire
The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'
Victor Loukianenko
The Russian
// crew
Crew
Stéphane Fontaine
Director of Photography
Ludovico Einaudi
Original Music Composer
Yann Zenou
Producer
Laurent Zeitoun
Producer
Nicolas Duval Adassovsky
Producer
Éric Toledano
Director, Writer
Olivier Nakache
Director, Writer
Dorian Rigal-Ansous
Editor
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