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Drama / Comedy

Samba

Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.

20141h 58m 6.3/ 10

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.

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

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