COUNTRY: France YEAR: 2024 RUNNING TIME: 93 min
FSK: n/a RECOMMENDED FROM: 9th grade
DIRECTED BY: Boris Lojkine
LANGUAGE(S): French, Fulani, Maninka
SUBTITLE(S): German
CAST: Abou Sangaré, Nina Meurisse, Alpha Oumar Sow, u.a.
PRODUCER: Bruno Nahon
WRITTEN BY: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut
EDITED BY: Xavier Sirven
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tristan Galand
Screenings
Filmdiscussion with protagonist Abou Sangaré (requested)
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.
#Exploitation #Gig economy #Asylum procedure
Director
Boris Lojkine
Biography
Boris Lojkine is a French director and screenwriter. He studied philosophy at the École Normale Supérieure, earning an agrégation and completing a thesis on “Crisis and History.” After leaving academia, he lived in Vietnam, where he made the documentaries CEUX QUI RESENT and LES ÂMES ERRANTES. His debut feature HOPE, exploring migration in Africa, premiered at Cannes’ Critics’ Week and won numerous international awards. His second feature, CAMILLE, received the Audience Award in Locarno. SOULEYMANE’S STORY, presented in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, is his third feature film.
Filmography
Ceux qui restent (2001), Les âmes errantes (2005), Hope (2014), Camille (2019), Souleymanes Geschichte (2024)
Links /Contacts
PRODUCTION: Unité
WORLD SALES: Sébastien Fouque, Pyramide International
GERMAN DISTRIBUTOR: Jürgen Lütz, Film Kino Text