Samba
Samba
Release: 2014-10-15
·Runtime: 118m
·★ 6.4
Drama
Comedy
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 Countries
France
Production Companies
Ten Films
Gaumont
Quad Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Omar Sy
as Samba Cissé
Christiane Millet
as Madeleine
Adel Bencherif
as The seller of residence cards
Bryan Polach
as A CRA policeman
Roukiata Ouedraogo
as A migrant at the association
Jacqueline Jehanneuf
as Maggy
Catherine Davenier
as The judge of the court
Thierry Angelvy
as The foreman of the garbage sorting plant
Jules Abel Logel
as A security guard
Olivier Nakache
as The Pony Club Host (uncredited)
Charlotte Gainsbourg
as Alice
Sabine Pakora
as Gracieuse, the salon manager
Clotilde Mollet
as Josiane, from the interim agency
Michel Winogradoff
as The concierge of the hotel
Nicolas Beaucaire
as The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'
Jézabel Marques
as The office secretary
Aude Zézé
as A migrant
Izïa Higelin
as Manu
Youngar Fall
as Lamouna, Samba's uncle
Liya Kebede
as Magali aka 'Gracieuse'
Sarkaw Hadi Ayze
as The Tunisian translator
Ali Boulabiar
as A migrant who dances
Tahar Rahim
as Walid aka Wilson
Maxime d'Aboville
as Samba's advocate
Chadia Amajod
as The cleaning woman
Issaka Sawadogo
as Jonas Karanoto
Jean-Michel Correia
as The patron of the guards
Victor Loukianenko
as The Russian
Sacha Petronijevic
as The Serbian
Vladys Muller
as A CRA policeman
Hélène Vincent
as Marcelle
Éric Toledano
as The bartender (uncredited)
Audrey Quoturi
as A passenger in the metro (uncredited)
Crew
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen
Key Makeup Artist
Olivier Nakache
Director, Writer
Yann Zenou
Producer
Laurent Zeitoun
Producer
Nicolas Duval Adassovsky
Producer
Éric Toledano
Director, Writer
Delphine Coulin
Novel
Jean-Paul Hurier
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jean Goudier
Supervising Sound Editor
Dorian Rigal-Ansous
Editor
Ludovico Einaudi
Original Music Composer
Omar Sy
Co-Producer
Serge Crozon-Cazin
Stunts
Marie-France Michel
Casting
Hervé Ruet
First Assistant Director
Emmanuel Pitois
Special Effects Key Makeup Artist