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Souleymane's Story

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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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Cast & Crew

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Boris Lojkine

Director

Abou Sangaré

Souleymane

Nina Meurisse

L'agente de l'OFPRA

Alpha Oumar Sow

Barry

Emmanuel Yovanie

Emmanuel

Younoussa Diallo

Khalil

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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 The 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 Pedro Gallego Espinof Boris Lojkine creates a social drama with drive, energy, and relevance, and it's worth seeing while it's in theaters. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 May 15, 2025 Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Souleymane’s Story is very strong, sympathetic. It cuts through a lot of rubbish and sets out the nightmarish, exhausting, debilitating circumstances undergone by the undocumented, friendless, isolated immigrant Rated: 4/4 May 9, 2025 Full Review Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) ...[Souleymane's Story makes] you feel the nerves that a good thriller provokes (almost without being one). [Full review in Spanish] Apr 30, 2025 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
Distributor
Kino Lorber
Production Co
Unité
Genre
Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 1, 2025, Limited
Runtime
1h 32m