#Samba movie synopsis movie#

The ending is french it's after all a french movie so no 'fluffy, Hollywood,let's all live happily ever after ', cheesy ending for Samba. The soundtrack is uplifting with the theme song To Know you is to Love you by Stevie Wonder with Syreeta, the melody punctuates the film throughout and you walk out humming it to yourself. Tahar Rahim was also very believable as Wilson, he has fun with this role, but never takes away from Omar Sy, good supporting actor's performance from him. Charlotte Gainsbourg gives a riveting performance, as a tortured soul in need of feeding and nurturing, at times filling the screen with her beauty at others looking so raw and in pain, it's all in her eyes and a gentle pitch in her voice, I don't think her voice has changed much since l'Effrontée ( she was 15 and that was 25 years ago!).

The reality of illegal immigrants is not what this movie is about this movie is about hope through 4 different main characters, Samba, Alice, Wilson and Manu, spotlight is on Samba and Alice, but you get a sense that really it's all about Samba and his survival in the urban jungle. Omar Sy and Charlotte Gainsbourg's rapport on film felt natural and wasn't overplayed all actors on this movie, do it justice.

Samba is just like the dance, slick, emotional but also fun. I walked out of the cinema with a smile on my face, I was entertained watching this movie. Also, the actors are brilliant! (Omar Sy, I think, even manages to mimic a Senegalese accent.) It is a very moving film (similar to the documentary 'l'Escale') but without trying to be so. I find that this is a worth successor of 'Untouchables' I probably even prefer it. On the contrary, lines are blurred very early on and especially in the end. Imho, the film succeeds in portraying them in not just black and white each of them (and there are many!) evolves within the 120 minutes so much so that, in fact, it is not about the immigrants being the 'angels' and the immigrant officers being the 'devils' at all. Neither can I understand how people can say that the characters are flat or even 'boring'. I cannot quite agree with the reviewers that did not see the humor in this movie (I laughed about every three minutes throughout - expect towards the end - and sometimes even cried at the same time). I am not going to become a social worker just yet, but at least, the thought of these brave men will stay with me for more than a few seconds I previously dedicated to their cause.Īs some have noted before, it is a light-hearted movie on a serious topic (undocumented immigrants) but always respectful at that. As a conclusion, I would said, this is not the best movie I have seen by any means, but clearly a movie I am happy to have watched. More than men, they are like ghosts in our cities. Either way, they are a clear representation of the reality for thousands of men who are completely forgotten by the world, and who were born to struggle. The adventures of our protagonist will make you laugh, and they will make you sad. In his particular struggle surviving in France and hiding from the police, he will find 3 people to rely on: his uncle who gives him a roof, a funny Arabic man who like him does not have a visa, and a french girl who is helping immigrants while taking a break from her real job.

During this decade in Paris, he worked in all sorts of jobs to take care of his family back home, and hoping to one day legalize his situation. Samba is a nice young man from Senegal who finds himself as close to being deported as when he arrived in Paris ten years back.

Unfortunately, ilegal immigrants are not our primary concern and I doubt anyone wastes more than 5 seconds a year thinking about them and their situation. Samba is an enjoyable movie about a subject we are all aware of: ilegal immigrants. I guess we all know that but I really felt like making this joke. First of all, Samba is not a movie about dancing.