Souleymane's Story

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Souleymane's Story

In Theaters Fri Aug 1

1h 32m

Drama

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As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.

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Achingly human in its depiction of immigrant struggles, Souleymane's Story asks us to witness, understand, and grant empathy to all.

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Boris Lojkine

Director

Abou Sangaré

Souleymane

Nina Meurisse

L'agente de l'OFPRA

Alpha Oumar Sow

Barry

Emmanuel Yovanie

Emmanuel

Younoussa Diallo

Khalil

Karl Quinn

Sydney Morning Herald

Abou Sangaré is magnificent as Souleymane...He is on screen for virtually every second, and he holds your attention without fail.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jun 26, 2025

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Namrata Joshi

The New Indian Express

Lojkine’s narrative is pacy and moves like an edge-of-the-seat thriller. However, it switches effortlessly between the fiction and documentary aesthetic, largely following the verite style of filmmaking...

Jul 10, 2024

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Jessica Kiang

Variety

If the hero's dire situation is a ticking clock, Lojkine's intelligent and empathetic film places us right alongside him, with each cog of circumstance and each gear of good fortune grinding against him at every turn.

May 28, 2024

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Andiee Paviour

Nobody's Reading This But Me

An all-but-invisible outlier seeks asylum in France through a scorching circle of subsistence-level Hell.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 26, 2025

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Simon Foster

Screen-Space

The anxiety, injustice and unfairness one decent man is forced to endure in a wealthy western city hurtles towards its deeply emotional final moments like an action film for the soul.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 24, 2025

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Damien Straker

Impulse Gamer

Souleymane is effective in showing both the speed of the gig economy and repressed grief in the digital age.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jun 21, 2025

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Synopsis

As he pedals through the streets of Paris to deliver meals, Souleymane repeats his story. In two days, he has to go through his asylum application interview, the key to obtaining papers. But Souleymane is not ready.

Director: Boris Lojkine
Producer: Bruno Nahon
Screenwriter: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut
Distributor: Kino Lorber
Production Co: Unité
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 1, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 32m