![]() Like our Liberal policies, rejection or assimilation is the order of the day, with Samba needing to appear as though he lives and works there, and the simple addition of a briefcase to convey his entitled status and purpose is an interesting observation about class systems and how we perceive people. Certainly a contentious political issue in our country, it was eye-opening to see if other cultures deal with it differently. ![]() Though it might seem like a heavy issue around which to set a romance, it’s been done before, with 1990’s Greencard coming to mind, starring Gérard Depardieu and Andie MacDowell. ![]() Her journey back to wholeness through her interactions with Samba is full of quiet humour, and her shy, fragile and naïve character is nicely offset by Samba’s overfriendliness. Recovering from a breakdown at work after she went loco on a co-worker (the details of which are shatteringly funny) she is taking time out to assist at the immigration help centre. Gainsbourg, from director Lars von Trier’s “Depression Trilogy” (Antichrist, Melancholia and Nymphomaniac), finally gets a chance to pull herself out of it. He shines again here, with the screen presence of a lovable dog, that even when it misbehaves (and he does), you just want to give him a big, forgiving cuddle. This French rom-com puts a human face on the plight of immigrants, as Samba (Omar Sy), a migrant from Senegal, winds up in a detention centre, where he is assisted by immigration officer Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), and a romantic connection develops between them.Ĭo-written and directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, this is their second collaboration with Sy after 2011’s hugely successful The Intouchables, for which he won the Cesar Award, or the French Oscar, for Best Actor. If that doesn’t grab you, a Brazilian man pays homage to the 1998 Diet Coke ad by doing a film-stealing window-washing strip dance. The rest of the story is all about how he returns to Seema, takes vengeance against Pasupathi, and starts serving in the educational field.This foreign language comedy about the interracial romance between a French woman and an African immigrant explores issues around race, colour and class. Samba settles as a sari manufacturer and trader in Kanchi (Tamil Nadu). Samba and his nemesis Pasupathi take shelter in Kanchi and Amritsir respectively as police ban them from entering AP for a year. Pasupathi then kills everybody in Samba's house in retaliation. When Samba learns the reason behind his sister's suicide, he occupies the quarry and kills Pasupathi's brothers. Pasupathi plays the game in such a way that Dharmayya Naidu is forced to give granite quarry as a dowry to Pasupathi's family, due to which Dharmayya Naidu's daughter kills herself. Samba is Dharmayya Naidu's son, while Pasupathi is Dharmayya Naidu's son-in-law. He realizes that the quarry he owns has good quality granite deposits. Hence, he wants to felicitate education in his Seema area by constructing schools. It was dubbed in Hindi as the same name.ĭharmayya Naidu is an underworld kingpin who lost his wife because he is uneducated. The film was a moderate success at the box office. Ravindra Babu and editing by Gautham Raju. The music was composed by Mani Sharma with cinematography by K. NTR, Bhumika Chawla, Genelia D'Souza, and Prakash Raj while Vijayakumar, Ali, Sithara, Sukumari, Sukanya, and Brahmaji play supporting roles. Samba is a 2004 Indian Telugu-language action film directed by V.
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