Samba is an exceptional portrait of the experiences of a Senegalese immigrant in Paris. Having lived under the radar for ten years, Samba finds himself arrested and ordered to leave the country, which brings him into the orbit of Alice, a fragile and exhausted woman who has experienced severe burnout thanks to a gruelling and brutal corporate career and is donating time on her road to recovery to assist immigrant clients with their attempts to remain in France.
From there on, it seems that Samba's time is up. Ever determined to remain in France, he is thwarted time and again by his lack of legal paperwork and the difficulty of avoiding the police.
But he is persistent in his will to survive. Despite every attempt to strip him of his dignity, he refuses to give up. His spirit is bruised but not crushed.
There is tragedy in how Samba is battered by the harsh world he faces as an undocumented immigrant. But in human connection he also experiences moments of joy, laughter and love too.
In counterpoint to his experiences are Alice's, whose own idea of a struggle has been to work herself into a state of paralysis and depression in the corporate world: their worlds could not be further apart. Yet, there is common ground and common humanity to be found between them.
An exceptional film about the dogged determination of a man dealt a truly tough hand.
From there on, it seems that Samba's time is up. Ever determined to remain in France, he is thwarted time and again by his lack of legal paperwork and the difficulty of avoiding the police.
But he is persistent in his will to survive. Despite every attempt to strip him of his dignity, he refuses to give up. His spirit is bruised but not crushed.
There is tragedy in how Samba is battered by the harsh world he faces as an undocumented immigrant. But in human connection he also experiences moments of joy, laughter and love too.
In counterpoint to his experiences are Alice's, whose own idea of a struggle has been to work herself into a state of paralysis and depression in the corporate world: their worlds could not be further apart. Yet, there is common ground and common humanity to be found between them.
An exceptional film about the dogged determination of a man dealt a truly tough hand.