Samba (2014)
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.
Directors: 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 |