Watch Samba (2014) Official Trailer
Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.
6.4 / 10 IMDb October 15, 2014 1h 58m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 58m
Release Date
October 15, 2014
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Status
Released
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$151,530
Languages
Arabic, French, English, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian
Country
France
Cast
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
Production Companies
Ten Films
Gaumont
Quad ProductionsSamba Official Trailer 2014
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