Samba

2014
R
1h 58m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

17K

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Comedy Drama Romance

Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to l... Read allSenegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?Senegalese Samba has worked 10 years in France. He's arrested and befriends the woman helping him with legal matters as volunteer after a burnout at work. He's released after being told to leave France. Chemistry?

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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

17K

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See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations

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Trivia
Omar Sy's fifth project with directors Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano, following the short movie Ces jours heureux (2002) and the feature films Nos jours heureux (2006), Tellement proches (2009) and The Intouchables (2011).

Quotes
Alice: Ni le début d'abus.

Crazy credits
A continuation of the last scene showing Samba walking through Paris is seen behind the initial credits (till around one-third of the way through the credits).

Connections
References Cinderella (1950)

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Written by Ludovico Einaudi
Performed by Ludovico Einaudi

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Featured review

7/10

Hot topic

And I'm not talking hot as in physically (though some may argue Omar is hot, which I reckon is not completely wrong), but as in right now, news worthy topic hot. Immigrants are one of the main "issues" in quite a few countries at the moment and it's almost comical to what degree some are arguing on this.

This movie on the other hand is intentionally funny and it has good actors to back that story up. Even if you don't buy everything the characters are doing, you can easily empathize with them, if you're willing and open enough, to let those emotions in. The movie has a message in all the entertainment, which can be taken or read or completely ignored. That's up to the viewer. It is a very well made movie though and you can watch it, even without the current events being an obstacle to that form of "entertainment"