Souleymane's Story - The Ultimate Picture Palace

Souleymane’s Story12A

Directed by Boris Lojkine | France | 2024 | 1h 34m | French, Fulah & Malinke w/ English subtitles | Starring Abou Sangare, Alpha Oumar Sow, Nina Meurisse, Emmanuel Yovanie, Younoussa Diallo

Pedalling through Paris to deliver meals, undocumented Guinean migrant Souleymane has just two days to prepare his story for a make-or-break interview to secure legal residency. With a Cannes Film Festival Award–winning debut performance from Abou Sangare, Boris Lojkine’s moving drama combines the compassion of social realism with the taut urgency of a thriller.

Reviews

‘Abou Sangaré is magnificent in a story that shines light on the enforced invisibility of economic migrants’
★★★★
Phil Hoad, The Guardian

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