Samba (2014)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $20,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $151,530.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 16.947 |
Directed By
Éric Toledano
Olivier Nakache
Crew
Stéphane Fontaine
Ludovico Einaudi
Delphine Coulin
Nicolas Duval Adassovsky
Laurent Zeitoun
Yann Zenou
Omar Sy
Marie-France Michel
Nicolas de Boiscuillé
Cédric Henry
Tibor Dora
Isabelle Pannetier
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen
Emmanuel Pitois
Hervé Ruet
Jean Goudier
Jean-Paul Hurier
Christelle Meaux
Éric Toledano
Olivier Nakache
Olivier Nakache
Éric Toledano
Gigi Akoka
Serge Crozon-Cazin
Dorian Rigal-Ansous
TOP CAST
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
Nicolas Beaucaire
The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'
Victor Loukianenko
The Russian
Sacha Petronijevic
The Serbian
Catherine Davenier
The judge of the court
Vladys Muller
A CRA policeman
Bryan Polach
A CRA policeman
Roukiata Ouedraogo
A migrant at the association
Jean-Yves Cressenville
A CRA policeman
Raphaël Toledano
Wilson's neighbor
Thierry Angelvy
The foreman of the garbage sorting plant
Eduardo Sainz
The Peruvian
Sarkaw Hadi Ayze
The Tunisian translator
Jules Abel Logel
A security guard
Sylvain Saulet
The policeman at the portico of the CRA
Jézabel Marques
The office secretary
Kévin Wamo
A detainee at the CRA
Chadia Amajod
The cleaning woman
Ali Boulabiar
A migrant who dances
Habib Meftah
Monsieur Bentata
Roger Martínez
Man in narrowboat
Aude Zézé
A migrant
Boubacar Ndiaye
A migrant at the association
Oumar Makalou
A migrant at the association
Olivier Nakache
The Pony Club Host (uncredited)
Éric Toledano
The bartender (uncredited)
Audrey Quoturi
A passenger in the metro (uncredited)
George Varsimashvili
An immigrant (uncredited)
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