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Souleymane's Story

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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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Souleymane's Story

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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

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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