Samba

Samba

Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.

2014 fr 118 minutes

Rating: 6.3

Plot

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.

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Cast

Omar Sy

Omar Sy

Samba Cissé

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Charlotte Gainsbourg

Alice

Tahar Rahim

Tahar Rahim

Walid aka Wilson

Izïa Higelin

Izïa Higelin

Manu

Issaka Sawadogo

Issaka Sawadogo

Jonas Karanoto

Hélène Vincent

Hélène Vincent

Marcelle

Youngar Fall

Youngar Fall

Lamouna, Samba's uncle

Christiane Millet

Christiane Millet

Madeleine

Jacqueline Jehanneuf

Jacqueline Jehanneuf

Maggy

Liya Kebede

Liya Kebede

Magali aka 'Gracieuse'

Sabine Pakora

Sabine Pakora

Gracieuse, the salon manager

Clotilde Mollet

Clotilde Mollet

Josiane, from the interim agency

Adel Bencherif

Adel Bencherif

The seller of residence cards

Jean-Michel Correia

Jean-Michel Correia

The patron of the guards

Michel Winogradoff

Michel Winogradoff

The concierge of the hotel

Maxime d'Aboville

Maxime d'Aboville

Samba's advocate

Nicolas Beaucaire

Nicolas Beaucaire

The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'

Victor Loukianenko

Victor Loukianenko

The Russian

Sacha Petronijevic

Sacha Petronijevic

The Serbian

Catherine Davenier

Catherine Davenier

The judge of the court

Vladys Muller

Vladys Muller

A CRA policeman

Bryan Polach

Bryan Polach

A CRA policeman

Roukiata Ouedraogo

Roukiata Ouedraogo

A migrant at the association

Jean-Yves Cressenville

Jean-Yves Cressenville

A CRA policeman

Raphaël Toledano

Raphaël Toledano

Wilson's neighbor

Thierry Angelvy

Thierry Angelvy

The foreman of the garbage sorting plant

Eduardo Sainz

Eduardo Sainz

The Peruvian

Sarkaw Hadi Ayze

Sarkaw Hadi Ayze

The Tunisian translator

Jules Abel Logel

Jules Abel Logel

A security guard

Sylvain Saulet

Sylvain Saulet

The policeman at the portico of the CRA

Jézabel Marques

Jézabel Marques

The office secretary

Kévin Wamo

Kévin Wamo

A detainee at the CRA

Chadia Amajod

Chadia Amajod

The cleaning woman

Ali Boulabiar

Ali Boulabiar

A migrant who dances

Habib Meftah

Habib Meftah

Monsieur Bentata

Roger Martínez

Roger Martínez

Man in narrowboat

Aude Zézé

Aude Zézé

A migrant

Boubacar Ndiaye

Boubacar Ndiaye

A migrant at the association

Oumar Makalou

Oumar Makalou

A migrant at the association

Charles Djengue

Charles Djengue

Olivier Nakache

Olivier Nakache

The Pony Club Host (uncredited)

Éric Toledano

Éric Toledano

The bartender (uncredited)

Audrey Quoturi

Audrey Quoturi

A passenger in the metro (uncredited)

George Varsimashvili

George Varsimashvili

An immigrant (uncredited)

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