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Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes61%
Metacritic53/100
Audiences rate it 14 points higher than critics do.
1,001 audience votes
Key crew
- Ludovico EinaudiOriginal Music Composer
- Olivier NakacheDirector
- Éric ToledanoDirector
- Éric ToledanoWriter
- Olivier NakacheWriter
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
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Themes
immigrantparis, francelanguage barrierinsomniakissman woman relationshipromancejob seekingsenegalesemigrantlegal aidlegal immigrant