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L'Histoire de Souleymane

Original title: L'histoire de Souleymane
  • 2024
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
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Abou Sangare in L'Histoire de Souleymane (2024)
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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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.

  • Director
    • Boris Lojkine
  • Writers
    • Boris Lojkine
    • Delphine Agut
  • Stars
    • Abou Sangare
    • Alpha Oumar Sow
    • Nina Meurisse
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    4.2K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,838
    1
    • Director
      • Boris Lojkine
    • Writers
      • Boris Lojkine
      • Delphine Agut
    • Stars
      • Abou Sangare
      • Alpha Oumar Sow
      • Nina Meurisse
    • 12User reviews
    • 55Critic reviews
    • 81Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 17 wins & 16 nominations total

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    Abou Sangare
    Abou Sangare
    • Souleymane Sangaré
    Alpha Oumar Sow
    • Barry
    Nina Meurisse
    Nina Meurisse
    • L'agente de l'OFPRA
    Emmanuel Yovanie
    • Emmanuel
    Younoussa Diallo
    • Khalil
    Keita Diallo
    • Kadiatou
    • (as Keita Dalo)
    Ghislain Mahan
    • Ghislain
    Mamadou Barry
    • Mamadou
    Yaya Diallo
    • Yaya
    Karim Bouziane
    Amadou Bah
      Sory Binta Barry
      Thierno Sadou Barry
      Nagnouman Touré
      Frédéric Faria
      William Cotteaux-Guinard
      Roger Bernard
      Boris Lojkine
      Boris Lojkine
      • Le restaurateur
      • Director
        • Boris Lojkine
      • Writers
        • Boris Lojkine
        • Delphine Agut
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      User reviews12

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      mmunier

      Not once I saw the Eifel Tower!

      What a sad way to see my natal city!

      Only kidding, I enjoyed every moment of this 'story' but my enjoyment was only about this battler who brought tears in many viewers eyes.

      I did not mind to see the hardship one goes trough to try to make a decent living.

      Although I do understand the fine balance governments have to juggle with to be human but not invaded. I wish no one would have to go through such difficulties. But one can't dismiss reality It is interesting to learn that many actors weren't proffessionals and so could give authenticity to such a story.

      I realise after watching this film we all go home and face many other situations and soon may forget about all the Souleymen. Then some may not...
      10milkstardesign

      Incredible. Best movie on 2024

      What can i say. This movie holds you the whole way through. The story of Souleymane is a familiar one but told with such heart and soul you are with him all the way. The reality for asylum seekers everywhere is an unrelenting one. Through his eyes we feel his despair and hope for the change he wants. The performances are flawless from everyone involved and the stress we feel for his journey is very real. What a writing and acting achievement. Much of the story is filmed in the 9th and i felt it gave a voice to the plight of the asylum seekers looking for work, hope for a life here and the respect they deserve. Incredible movie. I never give a 10/10 but I couldn't see a flaw.
      10silviamarcomini

      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.
      10manga_bomba

      We live here

      A very sad and true story, that reconnects you with reallity. The type of reallity that is hard to admit is true. The reallity that happens everyday around us, but that is too unconfortable to aknowledge constantly.

      I recently have been feeling very numb towards societal challenges, and this film surelly served as a reawakening. There is no where to run. This is the world we live in and pretending it doesnt exist doesn't make it any better.

      Acompanied by superb acting, all characters make this film, to me, feel almost like a documentary.

      My favorite movie of the year, and that I feel woll acompanie me through a long time.
      10madewulf

      Thrilling and moving.

      Really really good movie. Both thrilling as a movie and super well documented on what subsaharan migrants are facing in France (and more generally in Europe) when trying to survive and get asylum.

      Very much recommended. Not a moment felt fake and this movies shines a light on these immigration questions that are at the heart of politics discourse these days is super interesting.

      Abou Sangare, the lead actor, is fascinating, despite having no acting history, it seems.

      I felt that one of the great strengths of the movies is how everybody's point of view feels relatable.

      I hope this becomes recommended viewing in schools.

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      • Trivia
        Almost all the actors in the movie are non professional. Director Boris Lojkine and casting director Aline Dalbis spent a lot of time with the Guinean community in Paris, talking to a lot of delivery workers, and then finally heard of Abou Sangare through an association in Amiens. He had arrived in France seven years earlier, as a minor. He had been refused French papers three times and had the obligation to leave French soil. After the movie came out, the prefect of the Somme département requested in August 2024 that his situation be reassessed, and he was finally awarded a one-year residence permit in January 2025.
      • Connections
        References La mort de Dante Lazarescu (2005)

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      • Release date
        • October 9, 2024 (France)
      • Country of origin
        • France
      • Languages
        • French
        • Fulah
        • Malinka
      • Also known as
        • Souleymane's Story
      • Filming locations
        • Paris, France(Souleymane, the delivery man, cycles through the streets of the capital)
      • Production companies
        • Unité
        • Canal+
        • Ciné+
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      • Gross worldwide
        • $4,208,724
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 33 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby Surround 5.1
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.50 : 1

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