Film

Samba

2014 · 1h 58m · Drama · Comedy

Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.

IMDb

6.7

Rotten Tomatoes

61%

Metacritic

53

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.

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

Adel Bencherif

The seller of residence cards

Jean-Michel Correia

The patron of the guards

Michel Winogradoff

The concierge of the hotel

Maxime d'Aboville

Samba's advocate

• Éric ToledanoDirector · Writer
• Olivier NakacheDirector · Writer
• Delphine CoulinNovel
• Nicolas Duval AdassovskyProducer
• Laurent ZeitounProducer
• Yann ZenouProducer
• Stéphane FontaineDirector of Photography
• Ludovico EinaudiOriginal Music Composer
• Dorian Rigal-AnsousEditor
• Marie-France MichelCasting

Official Trailer

Release date

October 15, 2014

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

14

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$151,530

Genres

Drama, Comedy

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