Film Souleymane’s Story at OKCMOA
In Boris Lojkine’s moving and immersive César Award-winning drama, an undocumented Guinean immigrant in Paris (Abou Sangaré, winner of the Un Certain Regard Best Actor prize at Cannes) juggles his responsibilities as a food delivery bike courier with preparations for a high-stakes asylum interview.
In French, Fulah, and Malinka with English subtitles. (94 minutes)
“Stylistically inspired in part by Cristian Mungiu’s 2007 Cannes winner 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Lojkine’s bracing, artful realism offers an equally affecting account of a migrant laborer’s experience finding himself caught up in the mechanisms of an uncaring and unforgiving society. Shooting on city streets with concealed cameras, Lojkine creates a simultaneously pulse-pounding and heartrending view of contemporary Parisian life. Winner of three Cannes Film Festival prizes and four César Awards.” -Rendez-Vous with French Cinema