Le film samba avec omar sy biography

Samba ( film)

film by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache

Samba is a French comedy-drama film co-written and directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.[4][5] It is their second collaboration with actor Omar Sy following The Intouchables ().

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September [6] It was released theatrically in France on 15 October ,[7] and received a limited theatrical release in the United States on 24 July [8]

Premise

Samba Cissé (Sy), a migrant from Senegal to France, works as a dish washer in a hotel. After a bureaucratic slip-up lands him in detention, he is ordered to leave France. With the help of a businesswoman (Charlotte Gainsbourg), he fights to stay in France.

Cast

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 61% based on 67 reviews, with an average score of / The website'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."[9] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of based on reviews from mainstream critics, the film has a score of 53, based on 22 reviews, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.[10] Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B–" on an A+ to F scale.[11]

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."[12]

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."[13] 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".[14]

References

  1. ^"Samba (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 20 April Retrieved 28 April
  2. ^"Samba ()". JP Box-Office (in French).
  3. ^"Samba ()". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 22 December
  4. ^Obenson, Tambay A. (16 May ). "Cannes News – Omar Sy Teams Up w/ His 'Intouchables' Directors On 'Samba'". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 23 May Retrieved 21 August
  5. ^Milanesi, Antony (16 May ). "Omar Sy révèle la première photo officielle du film "Samba" sur Twitter" (in French). RTL. Retrieved 3 January
  6. ^Zeitchik, Steven (22 July ). "TIFF Reitman, Baumbach and Rock to premiere new films". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 3 January
  7. ^Heslassy, Elsa (15 May ). "Cannes: Gaumont Turns Buyers' Heads With Omar Sy's 'Samba'". Variety. Retrieved 3 January
  8. ^"French Romantic Drama 'Samba' Set for U.S. Theatrical Release in July". Sinuous Magazine. 19 June Archived from the original on 21 June Retrieved 19 June
  9. ^"Samba ()". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 16 October
  10. ^"Samba". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 January
  11. ^Tom, Brueggemann (26 July ). "Arthouse Audit: Is 'Phoenix' This Year's 'Ida'? 'Mr. Holmes' Stays Strong". IndieWire. Retrieved 22 February
  12. ^Debruge, Peter (17 September ). "Film Review: 'Samba'". Variety. Retrieved 3 January
  13. ^Mintzer, Jordan (5 September ). "'Samba': Toronto Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 January
  14. ^Adams, Mark (18 September ). "Samba". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 4 March Retrieved 15 October

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