Souleymane's Story

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Souleymane's Story

Aug 2025

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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Philip De Semlyen

Time Out

Lojkine, who co-wrote the naturalistic screenplay with Delphine Agut, has unearthed a real talent in newcomer Sangaré... It takes more than first-hand experience to inhabit a character with this much subtlety and skill.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 18, 2025

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Ben Nicholson

Sight & Sound

As the script teases out the details of what he’s been through, it acutely humanises this young single male who has come to Europe in a boat. The effect is profound.

Oct 17, 2025

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Marina Ashioti

Little White Lies

With empathetic yet unsentimental means, Lojkine gracefully explores both the insurmountable pressures of the asylum-granting system and the precarious conditions of the gig economy.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 17, 2025

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Michael Wood

London Review of Books

Lojkine’s delicate play with our expectations is so finely handled that it’s best experienced directly rather than described.

Nov 3, 2025

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Hilary A White

Sunday Independent (Ireland)

Sangare wears on his face the woes of an entire European demographic that is far too often reduced to a headline, a statistic or a policy document.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 17, 2025

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

This involving and often harrowing film isn't always easy to watch, but it's provocative and vitally important.

Rated: 4/5

Oct 17, 2025

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Barbara

Riveting story and performance.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/16/25

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Farjana A

Nice movie wow i like movie❤️☺️

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/11/25

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Santiago B

Its the most beautiful movie i´ve ever seen, it makes me cry

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/05/25

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MB C

A Guinean migrant in Paris faces a moral dilemma before his asylum interview lie to survive or tell the truth and lose everything.....Director brings realism and quiet tension to this humane, introspective drama....Abou Sangaré delivers a powerful, understated performance as a man trapped by a system built on hypocrisy.....Handheld camerawork and cold lighting mirror his alienation and exhaustion....The pacing drags at times, but its honesty and emotional depth resonate strongly.....A poignant study of dignity, truth, and survival in a world that rewards deceit....

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/28/25

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Emilie S

Deeply moving and an evocative depiction of Paris.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/15/25

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Mark M

It was really excellent. I live in Los Angeles and, having had ICE patrol two blocks away from my Catholic church in order to round up law-biding though undocumented Hispanics, it triggered anger as I watched it. The last scene when Souleymane was interviewed by a French immigration personnel was amazing. My French is terrible, but the movie is subtitled, so it didn't matter.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/22/25

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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
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2025
Box Office (Gross USA): $99.0K
Runtime: 1h 32m

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