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Samba (2014)
Directed by Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
“Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.”
Drama, Comedy · 1h 58m
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
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
Crew
- Director
- Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
- Writer
- Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano
- Novel
- Delphine Coulin
- Director of Photography
- Stéphane Fontaine
- Original Music Composer
- Ludovico Einaudi
- Editor
- Dorian Rigal-Ansous
- Producer
- Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky
Details
- Release date
- 2014-10-15
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- Arabic, French, English, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Ten Films, Gaumont, Quad Productions
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Box office
- $151,530