- Country: France
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Release: 2014-10-15 (France), 2015-07-24 (USA)
- Director: Olivier Nakache , Eric Toledano
- Writers: Eric Toledano , Olivier Nakache , Delphine Coulin , Muriel Coulin
- Language: French | English | Portuguese | Russian | Serbian | Arabic
- Stars: Omar Sy , Charlotte Gainsbourg , Tahar Rahim , Izïa Higelin , Isaka Sawadogo , Hélène Vincent (I) , Youngar Fall , Christiane Millet , Jacqueline Jehanneuf , Liya Kebede
- Runtime: 118 min
- Awards: 4 nominations
- AKA: Samba (Australia) , Samba (Hungary) , Самба (Russian Federation) , Samba (Spain) , Samba (Colombia) , Samba (Switzerland, Swiss Confederation) , Samba , Самба (Ukraine) , Samba (Canada) , Hayatımın Şansı (Turkey) , Samba (Canada) , Samba (Romania) , Samba (United States of America) , Samba (New Zealand) , Samba (Brazil) , Samba (Greece) , Samba (Italy) , Samba (Mexico) , Samba (France, French Republic) , Samba (Latvia) , Heute bin ich Samba (Germany) , Samba (Ireland) , Samba (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Samba (Netherlands the) , Samba (United Kingdom) , Samba (Poland) , Samba (Israel) , Samba (Switzerland, Swiss Confederation)Hayatimin Sansi, Heute bin ich Samba, Самба, 桑巴
- Plot:
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.
- IMDB:tt3399024
Samba Cast · · · ALL
Olivier Nakache
Director
Eric Toledano
Director
Omar Sy
Samba Cissé
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Alice
Tahar Rahim
Walid aka Wilson
Izïa Higelin
Manu
Isaka Sawadogo
Jonas Karanoto
Hélène Vincent
(I)
Marcelle
Youngar Fall
Lamouna, Samba's uncle
Christiane Millet
Madeleine
Jacqueline Jehanneuf
Maggy
Liya Kebede
Magali aka 'Gracieuse'
Sabine Pakora
Gracieuse, the salon manager
Clotilde Mollet
Josiane, from the interim agency
Adel Bencherif
The seller of residence cards
Jean-Michel Correia
The patron of the guards
Michel Winogradoff
The concierge of the hotel
Nicolas Beaucaire
The gendarme in the kitchen of the 'Garde Républicaine'
Victor Loukianenko
The Russian
Sacha Petronijevic
The Serbian
Catherine Davenier
The judge of the court
Bryan Polach
A CRA policeman
Roukiata Ouedraogo
A migrant at the association
Thierry Angelvy
The foreman of the garbage sorting plant
Eduardo Sainz
The Peruvian
Sarkaw Gorany
The Tunisian translator
Sylvain Saulet
The policeman at the portico of the CRA