![]() The opening scenes show a wedding party in the hotel where Samba works in the kitchen. SAMBA is lighthearted but there are also key moments that Nakache and Toledano find some intriguing ways to relate to the audience the struggles of an immigrant. SAMBA | SALTY POPCORN MOVIE REVIEW | SAMBA (OMAR SY) AND WALID DIT WILSON (TAHAR RAHIM) Whilst the backstory given is believeable enough and told well by Gainsbourg I struggled to think of a real life situation where someone would acutally talk this way or spend this long talking outside a Shakespeare soliloquy. Especially a scene late at night in a petrol station, we the audience are on the receiving end of a very long monologue. There are also long lines of unnecessary exposition present here mostly from Gainsbourg. That being said the acting chemistry between the two is believable and works well, some of the lines of dialogue between the two are pretty corny and cheese ball. ![]() It’s good to see Gainsbourg use her comedic talents to good use and show us, once again, a character you actually like. I was quite surprised the last two movies I saw her in were the intense ANTICHRIST and the provocative NYMPHOMANIAC (both excellent works by Von Trier, who as you may know I have a worship/ hate relationship). He moves effortlessly through comedy to drama with his pacing not skipping a beat. Sy really has this affable good nature about him. But what makes it watchable is Sy and Gainsbourg. A co-worker warns Alice to keep a safe distance from the people she is helping, but Alice sees something in him she cannot resist.Īs you may probably tell the movie is pretty clichéd already. She promises that she will do all she can to help out Samba. There is an instant attraction between the two at their first meeting. This is where he meets a shy immigration worker, Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg). SAMBA | SALTY POPCORN MOVIE REVIEW | SAMBA (OMAR SY) AND ALICE (CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG) Samba is promptly arrested and is sent to a deportation camp near the airport to await his hearing and the foregone conclusion it seems of having to leave France. The inadvertent side effect of this good luck is that his job application triggers an alert with the authorities. Samba has a talent for cooking and the kitchen where he currently washes dishes seeks to promote him to a highly sought after kitchen staff role. As is common with many who actually live this lifestyle much of his paycheck is sent back to his mother and relations in Senegal. He has worked at cash-in-hand low paying jobs for most of this time. Omar Sy plays Samba Cissé, an illegal immigrant from Senegal who has lived in Paris ducking and dodging the police for the past decade. But there is a lot here that is worth seeing. I have to say from the outset that those who cringed slightly in certain parts of THE INTOUCHABLES may well be overwhelmed by the cheese overload. Once again like in THE INTOUCHABLES it uses the significant star appeal of current French darling Omar Sy. SAMBA is the new film from directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano who gave us the delightfully brilliant THE INTOUCHABLES. SAMBA | SALTY POPCORN MOVIE REVIEW | SAMBA MOVIE POSTER IMAGE Enjoy Kernel Andrew’s thoughts………….all the best…………….JK. ![]() SAMBA is rated M, is in French, and runs for 115mins. Kernel Andrew reviews this movie being released by Transmission Films on April 2nd into art-house cinemas around the country (check your local directories). ![]() From the makers of the much loved THE INTOUCHABLES and based on the acclaimed novel SAMBA POUR LA FRANCE by Delphine Coulin SAMBA returns directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano back into collaboration with Omar Sy in another heartfelt tale.
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