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The Story of Souleymane

2024 1h 32m Drama List
100% Tomatometer 17 Reviews Popcornmeter 0 Ratings
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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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 Jordan Mintzer Hollywood Reporter And yet, after a long back-and-forth that finds Souleymane gradually and painfully baring his soul... Lojkine leaves us wondering what making it even means if you lose so much of yourself in the process. May 24, 2024 Full Review Rory O'Connor The Film Stage It was, for my money, the best discovery of this year’s Cannes Film Festival and, somewhat ironically, exactly the kind of work that used to define it. Rated: A- Sep 10, 2024 Full Review Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf Abou Sangare is amazingly good in the role of Souleymane, on screen all the time: he brought his own experiences to the role. Rated: 4/5 Jun 13, 2024 Full Review Max Borg Next Best Picture The handheld camera never takes a break from following Sangare and capturing even the smallest emotional nuance on his face, with an added urgency during the delivery scenes, which is achieved by having a cameraman on a bike alongside the protagonist Rated: 8/10 Jun 10, 2024 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
Production Co
Unité
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French
Runtime
1h 32m