FILM: Souleymane's Story

4/21/26 Souleymane’s Story 

(France, 2025, 93 mins, color, French w/ English Subtitles, R) 

Starring Abou Sangare, Nina Meurisse, and Alpha Oumar Sow (2024 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WINNER, BEST ACTOR) 

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. - RottenTomatoes.com 

“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.” Jessica King, Variety, 5/28/24