Samba
Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.
Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the European Film Award: People's Choice Award for Best European Film (2015)
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Box office
Grossed $152K worldwide against a $20M budget
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Filming locations
Filmed in Paris
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Setting
Set in Paris
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Music
Music by Ludovico Einaudi
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Stéphane Fontaine
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Delphine CoulinNovel
- Olivier NakacheWriter
- Éric ToledanoWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 15, 2014
- Original language
- French
- Budget
- $20M
- Revenue
- $151.5K
- Countries
- France
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In the United States
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Cast
Omar SySamba Cissé
Charlotte GainsbourgAlice
Tahar RahimWalid aka Wilson
Izïa HigelinManu
Issaka SawadogoJonas Karanoto
Hélène VincentMarcelle
Youngar FallLamouna, Samba's uncle
Christiane MilletMadeleine
Jacqueline JehanneufMaggy
Liya KebedeMagali aka 'Gracieuse'
Sabine PakoraGracieuse, the salon manager
Clotilde MolletJosiane, from the interim agency
Adel BencherifThe seller of residence cards
Jean-Michel CorreiaThe patron of the guards
Michel WinogradoffThe concierge of the hotel
Maxime d'AbovilleSamba's advocate
Nicolas BeaucaireThe gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'
Victor LoukianenkoThe Russian
Sacha PetronijevicThe Serbian
Catherine DavenierThe judge of the court
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