L'Histoire de Souleymane

Original title: L'histoire de Souleymane

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A Paris food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker named Souleymane has two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency.A Paris food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker named Souleymane has two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency.A Paris food delivery cyclist and asylum seeker named Souleymane has two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency.

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IMDb RATING

7.7/10

2.5K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,800

604

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 15 wins & 14 nominations total

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There is no music accompanying the action of the movie. This was a conscious choice, to exploit the noises of the city: the car honks, the RER trains, the sirens, the engines revving... This meant that no moment of levity could be shown, no quiet and peaceful shot could be left in the edit, as the audience is glued to what happens to Souleymane the whole time.

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References La mort de Dante Lazarescu (2005)

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10/10

Important, no frills, accurate depiction of an average day in the life of an asylum seeker

This film is a punch in the gut and frankly it should be mandatory in schools.

I rarely ever cry for movies, but felt like crying here although the flow and.the directorial angle is very matter-of-fact and realistic, not trying to unnaturally elicit emotions in the viewers.

Outstanding performance by the lead actor and the movie does a really good job at showing the different aspects of community at play here - the positive interactions and mutual help.with other asylum seekers and the.ruthless exploitation from other immigrants who have managed to successfully.achieve a legal status in France.