Broad Green Pictures To Distribute SAMBA In US – Stars Omar Sy

Broad Green Pictures announced today that they have acquired the US distribution rights to SAMBA, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano’s follow-up to their 2012 smash-hit THE INTOUCHABLES.

BGP plans to release the film in the second half of 2015 in theaters across the United States and build upon the box-office success of its predecessor.

SAMBA had it’s world premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.

The film stars a French powerhouse trio with Omar Sy, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Tahar Rahim in the latest offering from Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano whose THE INTOUCHABLES broke box office records in France and was the top grossing French-language film in the U.S. in the last decade.

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The duo directed and adapted the film from Delphine Coulin’s book “Samba pour la France.” Gaumont produced SAMBA with Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun and Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky from Quad Productions.

Samba (Omar Sy) has worked day and night for the last ten years, trying to support his family back in Senegal while making a life for himself in France. Thrown into detention, he meets a reclusive immigration worker, Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), who’s warned to keep a safe distance from the people she is helping. Desperate for excitement and meaning in her own life, Alice lets her guard down when the charming Samba is ordered to leave France. Fumbling through bottom-rung jobs with his new friend Wilson (Tahar Rahim) while trying to stay off the radar, Samba finds himself returning to the awkward solace of Alice.

Cécile Gaget, Head of Gaumont International noted. “I am very glad that Broad Green Pictures totally understood the perspective that Eric and Olivier wanted to offer with this enjoyable social romance, and we are very excited to start working all together, I trust their new vision of the market and the great team they’re putting together will bring SAMBA to a great US success”.

BGP founders and brothers, CEO Gabriel Hammond and Chief Creative Officer Daniel Hammond said, “We couldn’t be more excited to be working with such talented filmmakers whose work we so admire- we’ve been waiting for this opportunity. The remarkable performances in this film bring its themes to life in such a visceral way, and will resonate with such a diverse group of audiences. We believe that this film should reach an even larger audience than their first.”

The deal for SAMBA was negotiated by CAA, Cécile Gaget Head of Gaumont International and Gabriel Hammond for Broad Green Pictures.