Samba

Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.

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.

Drama Comedy

Omar Sy

(Samba Cissé)

Charlotte Gainsbourg

(Alice)

Tahar Rahim

(Walid aka Wilson)

Izïa Higelin

(Manu)

Issaka Sawadogo

(Jonas Karanoto)

Hélène Vincent

(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)

Maxime d'Aboville

(Samba's advocate)

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)

Vladys Muller

(A CRA policeman)

Bryan Polach

(A CRA policeman)

Roukiata Ouedraogo

(A migrant at the association)

Jean-Yves Cressenville

(A CRA policeman)

Raphaël Toledano

(Wilson's neighbor)

Thierry Angelvy

(The foreman of the garbage sorting plant)

Eduardo Sainz

(The Peruvian)

Sarkaw Hadi Ayze

(The Tunisian translator)

Jules Abel Logel

(A security guard)

Sylvain Saulet

(The policeman at the portico of the CRA)

Jézabel Marques

(The office secretary)

Kévin Wamo

(A detainee at the CRA)

Chadia Amajod

(The cleaning woman)

Ali Boulabiar

(A migrant who dances)

Habib Meftah

(Monsieur Bentata)

Roger Martínez

(Man in narrowboat)

Aude Zézé

(A migrant)

Boubacar Ndiaye

(A migrant at the association)

Oumar Makalou

(A migrant at the association)

Charles Djengue

Olivier Nakache

(The Pony Club Host (uncredited))

Éric Toledano

(The bartender (uncredited))

Audrey Quoturi

(A passenger in the metro (uncredited))

George Varsimashvili

(An immigrant (uncredited))