Movies

Omar Sy Is SAMBA In New Trailer

By Michelle McCue | June 19, 2015

Check out the trailer for SAMBA, starring Omar Sy (JURASSIC WORLD) and Charlotte Gainsbourg … brought to you from the directing-duo behind THE INTOUCHABLES – Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano.

SAMBA reunites THE INTOUCHABLES’ acclaimed directing duo, Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, with award-winning actor Omar Sy in a richly entertaining chronicle of an undocumented kitchen worker battling deportation from his adopted home in Paris.

When Samba (Sy) is suddenly ordered to leave France, he enlists the help of Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), an emotionally vulnerable immigration advocate with little experience but plenty of heart.

As the immigrant aspiring chef and the burned-out corporate executive tentatively explore an unexpected bond, they inspire each other to reinvent themselves in this vibrant comedy full of tender humor and heartfelt optimism.

Sy wowed critics and audiences at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival in Gaumont’s CHOCOLAT. The period drama stars Omar Sy as Cuban artist Rafael Padilla and James Thierree (“Vatel”) as his lifelong friend.

According to Variety, the film, due for a French debut on Feb. 3, is “one of Gaumont’s biggest releases of 2016. The 19 million euro movie ($21 million) has pre-sold to Germany (DCM), Benelux (Paradiso), Scandinavia (Miss Label), Switzerland (Ascot Elite), Greece and Romania (Odeon), Poland (Kinoswiat) and Portugal (Lusomundo).”