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Samba

Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.
Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.
Comedy, Drama - 2014
Samba
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6.7
61%
53
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:
,
Éric Toledano
,
Olivier Nakache
Cast:
,
Charlotte Gainsbourg
,
Issaka Sawadogo
,
Omar Sy
,
Tahar Rahim
,
Izïa Higelin
,
Yilin Yang

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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
118 min
Release date:
15 Oct 2014
Country:
FR
Languages:
Arabic, French, English, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian
Budget:
$20,000,000
Revenue:
$151,530
Awards:
4 nominations total

Top Critics Reviews

rotten:
Unfortunately, the material flounders from the broadly farcical to the bombastically melodramatic.
– Peter Keough,
Boston Globe,
6 Aug 2015
rotten:
"Samba" tries to be too many things to too many people, although you can't say it doesn't have heart.
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
3 Aug 2015
fresh:
Gainsbourg and Sy play off each other wonderfully, emphasizing how these characters relate to each other as people; their scenes together feel emotionally honest even though one can barely imagine them happening in real life.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
30 Jul 2015
rotten:
"Samba" is loosely plotted and is at least 20 minutes too long. It seems ready to end half a dozen times before it finally does, with ironic payoffs for Samba and Alice that are too glib to be satisfying.
– Mark Jenkins,
Washington Post,
30 Jul 2015
rotten:
It's easy to enjoy what the cast does on screen; it's harder to buy the nutty mood swings and, as written, Gainsbourg's generic trainwreck of a character.
– Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jul 2015
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