Heute bin ich Samba (2014)
Samba lebt und arbeitet seit zehn Jahren in Frankreich. Der aus dem Senegal stammende Einwanderer hat aber keine Aufenthaltserlaubnis und muss entsprechend vorsichtig sein. Die einzige Möglichkeit nicht aufzufallen und dich trotzdem halbwegs über Wasser zu halten, liegt in kleinen Aushilfsjobs, die er immer wieder wechseln muss. Sein brasilianischer, aber eigentlich algerischer Freund Wilson ist dabei immer an seiner Seite. Mit Aussicht endlich eine feste Anstellung zu finden, wendet er sich dann doch an die Behörden, um seinen Traumjob als Koch antreten zu können. Der verantwortliche Beamte teilt seine Zuversicht aber keinesfalls, sondern steckt den lebensfrohen Spaßvogel umgehend in Abschiebehaft. Dort begegnet er Alice, die sich nach einem Burn-Out ehrenamtlich sozial engagiert. Entgegen dem Raten der erfahrenen Kollegen, lässt sie den Fall viel zu nah an sich ran und verliert schnell die Distanz zu Samba.
Die Regisseur: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano.
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Omar Sy as Samba Cissé |
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Charlotte Gainsbourg as Alice |
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Tahar Rahim as Walid aka Wilson |
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Izïa Higelin as Manu |
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Issaka Sawadogo as Jonas Karanoto |
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Hélène Vincent as Marcelle |
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Youngar Fall as Lamouna, Samba's uncle |
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Christiane Millet as Madeleine |
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Jacqueline Jehanneuf as Maggy |
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Liya Kebede as Magali aka 'Gracieuse' |
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Sabine Pakora as Gracieuse, the salon manager |
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Clotilde Mollet as Josiane, from the interim agency |
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Adel Bencherif as The seller of residence cards |
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Jean-Michel Correia as The patron of the guards |
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Michel Winogradoff as The concierge of the hotel |
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Maxime d'Aboville as Samba's advocate |
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Nicolas Beaucaire as The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine' |
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Victor Loukianenko as The Russian |
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Sacha Petronijevic as The Serbian |
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Catherine Davenier as The judge of the court |
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Vladys Muller as A CRA policeman |
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Bryan Polach as A CRA policeman |
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Roukiata Ouedraogo as A migrant at the association |
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Jean-Yves Cressenville as A CRA policeman |
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Raphaël Toledano as Wilson's neighbor |
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Thierry Angelvy as The foreman of the garbage sorting plant |
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Eduardo Sainz as The Peruvian |
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Sarkaw Hadi Ayze as The Tunisian translator |
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Jules Abel Logel as A security guard |
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Sylvain Saulet as The policeman at the portico of the CRA |
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Jézabel Marques as The office secretary |
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Kévin Wamo as A detainee at the CRA |
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Chadia Amajod as The cleaning woman |
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Ali Boulabiar as A migrant who dances |
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Habib Meftah as Monsieur Bentata |
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Roger Martínez as Man in narrowboat |
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Aude Zézé as A migrant |
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Boubacar Ndiaye as A migrant at the association |
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Oumar Makalou as A migrant at the association |
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Charles Djengue as |
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Olivier Nakache as The Pony Club Host (uncredited) |
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Éric Toledano as The bartender (uncredited) |
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Audrey Quoturi as A passenger in the metro (uncredited) |
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George Varsimashvili as An immigrant (uncredited) |
| Camera | Stéphane Fontaine | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Ludovico Einaudi | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Delphine Coulin | Novel |
| Production | Nicolas Duval Adassovsky | Producer |
| Production | Omar Sy | Co-Producer |
| Production | Marie-France Michel | Casting |
| Production | Yann Zenou | Producer |
| Production | Laurent Zeitoun | Producer |
| Sound | Jean-Paul Hurier | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Hervé Ruet | First Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Isabelle Pannetier | Costume Design |
| Art | Nicolas de Boiscuillé | Production Design |
| Art | Cédric Henry | Art Direction |
| Sound | Jean Goudier | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Directing | Christelle Meaux | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Tibor Dora | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Emmanuel Pitois | Special Effects Key Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Olivier Nakache | Director |
| Directing | Éric Toledano | Director |
| Writing | Éric Toledano | Writer |
| Writing | Olivier Nakache | Writer |
| Production | Gigi Akoka | Casting |
| Crew | Serge Crozon-Cazin | Stunts |
| Editing | Dorian Rigal-Ansous | Editor |