Samba (2014)
All the adventure a man can live, he lives.
2014-10-15
France
118 Min.
PG-13
Drama, Comedy
Overview
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.
Cast
Samba Cissé
Alice
Walid aka Wilson
Manu
Jonas Karanoto
Marcelle
Lamouna, Samba's uncle
Madeleine
Maggy
Magali aka 'Gracieuse'
Gracieuse, the salon manager
Josiane, from the interim agency
The seller of residence cards
The patron of the guards
The concierge of the hotel
Samba's advocate
The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'
The Russian
The Serbian
The judge of the court
A CRA policeman
A CRA policeman
A migrant at the association
A CRA policeman
Wilson's neighbor
The foreman of the garbage sorting plant
The Peruvian
The Tunisian translator
A security guard
The policeman at the portico of the CRA
The office secretary
A detainee at the CRA
The cleaning woman
A migrant who dances
Monsieur Bentata
Man in narrowboat
A migrant
A migrant at the association
A migrant at the association
The Pony Club Host (uncredited)
The bartender (uncredited)
A passenger in the metro (uncredited)
An immigrant (uncredited)
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