Souleymane's Story

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Barbara Riveting story and performance. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/16/25 Full Review Emilie S Deeply moving and an evocative depiction of Paris. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/15/25 Full Review 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 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/22/25 Full Review Robin C “Souleymane’s Story” Souleymane (Abou Sangare) is a bicycle delivery man running the roads of Paris at night. He has just two days before his all-important security interview to see if he can gain legal residency in France. But, he needs a plausible story and, more important, money to live his dream in “Souleymane’s Story.” Director, and co-writer with Delphine Agut, Boris Loikine brings us a slice of immigrant life as the title character works long hours, trying to save money even while sending cash home to his mother. He is being coached, for his immigration interview, by an entrepreneur named Barry (Alpha Oumar (Sow) who keeps demanding money for the documents Souleymane needs. Then, there is his job. Since he does not have documentation admitting him into France, he has to pay to use another’s immigrant work ID. And, even the slightest infraction with a delivery can result in refusal to get paid and the chance of exposure and deportation. Abou Sangare shoulders the burden of his character convincingly in what is essentially a one-man show. There is a sense of quiet desperation for Souleymane as he copes with all of the above and the demands put upon him by his family left behind in Guinea. During all of this, with his time spent eking out a living, he has the interview looming hard over him. You can feel how Souleymane feels in a palpable way as he evokes sympathy to his plight. We have an in-depth look at an immigration system that grows more and more distant from our own current medieval methods every day. At least for Souleymane there is some hope, in the guise of the lady immigration officer, who sees through his ill-prepared “story” and his real story comes out. This is a modern tale of hard work, despair, helplessness and hope. Souleymane gets to you with his honesty and trying to do the right thing, even while working on the fringes of illegality and possible deportation. But maybe, just maybe, the system will do the right thing for the young man. My fingers are crossed for him. B Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 08/03/25 Full Review Stephen C Success in 1 hour and 32 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The USA grossed over $92,800.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/10/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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