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Released
2014 · FILM

Samba

When undocumented Senegalese immigrant Samba fights to secure legal work authorization in France, he partners with burnt‑out executive Alice, whose desperate bid to regain control of her life pits them against a ruthless bureaucracy that could ruin both their futures.

“Sometimes those with nothing have the most to lose.”

Directed by
Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano
Written by
Eric Toledano, Olivier Nakache
Runtime
118 min
Language
FR
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

Samba moved to France from Senegal a decade ago and has since worked a series of low-paying jobs. Alice, a senior executive, is dealing with the aftermath of a recent burnout. Both are trapped in unfulfilling situations, with Samba determined to secure proper work authorization and Alice striving to regain control of her life. Their paths eventually intersect, setting the stage for a collision of their individual struggles.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 23

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Dorian Rigal AnsousShot by Stephane FontaineScored by Ludovico EinaudiDesigned by Nicolas De Boiscuille

Box Office

2014 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.0× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$152K

Budget$20.0M
Worldwide gross$152K
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Heute bin ich Sambade

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