Samba
Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.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.
Description: 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.
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Homepage: http://broadgreen.com/films/samba
Budget: $20,000,000 | Revenue : $151,530
Runtime: 118 minutes
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Played Samba Cissé
Charlotte Gainsbourg
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Played Walid aka Wilson
Izïa Higelin
Played Manu
Issaka Sawadogo
Played Jonas Karanoto
Hélène Vincent
Played Marcelle
Youngar Fall
Played Lamouna, Samba's uncle
Christiane Millet
Played Madeleine
Jacqueline Jehanneuf
Played Maggy
Liya Kebede
Played Magali aka 'Gracieuse'
Sabine Pakora
Played Gracieuse, the salon manager
Clotilde Mollet
Played Josiane, from the interim agency
Adel Bencherif
Played The seller of residence cards
Jean-Michel Correia
Played The patron of the guards
Michel Winogradoff
Played The concierge of the hotel
Maxime d'Aboville
Played Samba's advocate
Nicolas Beaucaire
Played The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'
Victor Loukianenko
Played The Russian
Sacha Petronijevic
Played The Serbian
Catherine Davenier
Played The judge of the court
Vladys Muller
Played A CRA policeman
Bryan Polach
Played A CRA policeman
Roukiata Ouedraogo
Played A migrant at the association
Jean-Yves Cressenville
Played A CRA policeman
Raphaël Toledano
Played Wilson's neighbor
Thierry Angelvy
Played The foreman of the garbage sorting plant
Eduardo Sainz
Played The Peruvian
Sarkaw Hadi Ayze
Played The Tunisian translator
Jules Abel Logel
Played A security guard
Sylvain Saulet
Played The policeman at the portico of the CRA
Jézabel Marques
Played The office secretary
Kévin Wamo
Played A detainee at the CRA
Chadia Amajod
Played The cleaning woman
Ali Boulabiar
Played A migrant who dances
Habib Meftah
Played Monsieur Bentata
Roger Martínez
Played Man in narrowboat
Aude Zézé
Played A migrant
Boubacar Ndiaye
Played A migrant at the association
Oumar Makalou
Played A migrant at the association
Charles Djengue
Played
Olivier Nakache
Played The Pony Club Host (uncredited)
Éric Toledano
Played The bartender (uncredited)
Audrey Quoturi
Played A passenger in the metro (uncredited)
George Varsimashvili
Played An immigrant (uncredited)
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