Samba

6.352

118 minutes

10/15/2014

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.

Cast List

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
Jean-Yves Cressenville
as A CRA policeman
Raphaël Toledano
as Wilson's neighbor
Thierry Angelvy
as The foreman of the garbage sorting plant
Eduardo Sainz
as The Peruvian
Sarkaw Hadi Ayze
as The Tunisian translator
Jules Abel Logel
as A security guard
Sylvain Saulet
as The policeman at the portico of the CRA
Jézabel Marques
as The office secretary
Kévin Wamo
as A detainee at the CRA
Chadia Amajod
as The cleaning woman
Ali Boulabiar
as A migrant who dances
Habib Meftah
as Monsieur Bentata
Roger Martínez
as Man in narrowboat
Aude Zézé
as A migrant
Boubacar Ndiaye
as A migrant at the association
Oumar Makalou
as A migrant at the association
Charles Djengue
Olivier Nakache
as The Pony Club Host (uncredited)
Éric Toledano
as The bartender (uncredited)
Audrey Quoturi
as A passenger in the metro (uncredited)
George Varsimashvili
as An immigrant (uncredited)