SAMBA MOVIE MOVIE

The thing with the Intouchables was, it was not only a huge box office sensation (particularly in its home country of France) but it was a film that both audiences and critics fawned over so much so that at the time of writing the film holds a steady place within the top 50 of the IMDB Top 250 films of all time.

SAMBA MOVIE MOVIE

Not a bad haul for a movie that cost around $10 million to make. The amount of money director’s Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano last film The Intouchables made world-wide upon release in 2011/12. “I’m afraid I might forget who I am one day” Plot – Lowly immigrant Samba (Sy) starts a friendship with community worker Alice (Gainsbourg) after his discovered by French authorities and told he must leave the country his called home for the last 10 years. Retrieved 15 October 2014.Directors – Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano (The Intouchables)Ĭast – Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Tahar Rahim, Izia Higelin Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. 'Arthouse Audit: Is 'Phoenix' This Year's 'Ida'? 'Mr. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015.

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'Cannes 2014 News – Omar Sy Teams Up w/ His 'Intouchables' Directors On 'Samba' '. However, Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter criticized the film's plot: 'The film's message is lost amid too many plot contrivances.' He concluded that it is 'another crowdpleasing social dramedy from the makers of ' Intouchables', though one that wears out its welcome without bringing its message home.' Mark Adams from Screen Daily in his review said that it is a 'well-meaning and occasionally joyous film that is ultimately too scattershot in its format and tone to really work'. Peter Debruge of Variety called the film 'A highly polished, widely appealing big-budget French movie.' He praised Sy's performance, writing, 'If nothing else, the pic cements Sy's position as one of France's most magnetic screen personalities, even more compelling to watch in serious scenes than in the obligatory comedic bits.' Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of 'B–' on an A+ to F scale. The site's critics consensus reads, ' Samba isn't the finest effort from directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, but the film's shortcomings are partly balanced by its big heart and talented cast.' On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 based on reviews from mainstream critics, the film has a score of 53 based on 22 reviews, indicating 'mixed or average reviews'. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an approval rating of 61% based on 67 reviews and an average score of 5.9/10. With the help of a businesswoman ( Charlotte Gainsbourg), he fights to stay in France. After a bureaucratic slip-up lands him in detention, he is ordered to leave France. Samba Cissé (Sy), a migrant from Senegal to France, works as a dish washer in a hotel. It was released theatrically in France on 15 October 2014, before receiving a limited theatrical release in the United States on 24 July 2015. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2014. It is their second collaboration with actor Omar Sy following The Intouchables (2012). Samba is a 2014 French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.

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