Samba
Drama
Comedy
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.
2014-10-15
fr
Cast
Director
Éric Toledano
Director
Olivier Nakache
Omar Sy as Samba Cissé
Charlotte Gainsbourg as Alice
Tahar Rahim as Walid aka Wilson
Izïa Higelin as Manu
Issaka Sawadogo as Jonas Karanoto
Hélène Vincent as Marcelle
Youngar Fall as Lamouna, Samba's uncle
Christiane Millet as Madeleine
Jacqueline Jehanneuf as Maggy
Liya Kebede as Magali aka 'Gracieuse'
Sabine Pakora as Gracieuse, the salon manager
Clotilde Mollet as Josiane, from the interim agency
Adel Bencherif as The seller of residence cards
Jean-Michel Correia as The patron of the guards
Michel Winogradoff as The concierge of the hotel
Maxime d'Aboville as Samba's advocate
Nicolas Beaucaire as The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'
Victor Loukianenko as The Russian
Sacha Petronijevic as The Serbian
Catherine Davenier as The judge of the court
Vladys Muller as A CRA policeman
Bryan Polach as A CRA policeman
Roukiata Ouedraogo as A migrant at the association
Thierry Angelvy as The foreman of the garbage sorting plant
Sarkaw Hadi Ayze as The Tunisian translator
Jules Abel Logel as A security guard
Jézabel Marques as The office secretary
Chadia Amajod as The cleaning woman
Ali Boulabiar as A migrant who dances
Aude Zézé as A migrant
Olivier Nakache as The Pony Club Host (uncredited)
Éric Toledano as The bartender (uncredited)
Audrey Quoturi as A passenger in the metro (uncredited)