Synopse

A social thriller about the search for a better life in Europe, shot without illusions but with great tenderness. As he hurtles through Paris on his bike delivering food, Souleymane tells his story. In two days, his application for asylum will be decided on. During the day, he is hostage to the moods of his well-off clients and the various dependencies within the immigrant community, in the evening he has to get the last bus to his emergency shelter. Souleyman is trying to break free – both from the exploitation he suffers in the gig economy and as a migrant from Guinea in the limbo of the French asylum system.

Regie

BORIS LOJKINE (*1969 in France) did his doctorate in Philosophy and moved to Vietnam, where he made the documentaries Ceux qui restent (2001) and Les âmes errantes (2005). His debut feature Hope was shown at FILMFEST HAMBURG in 2014. The Story of Souleymane is his third film and premiered in Cannes.

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