79
Metascore
4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerA realistic and very humanistic look at one immigrant’s grueling daily life in Paris, where he struggles to make a living and obtain legal status.
- 80Screen DailyAmber WilkinsonScreen DailyAmber WilkinsonNon-professional Sangare is magnetic throughout, whether on the saddle or an interview hot seat.
- 80VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangIf 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.
- 78The Film VerdictStephen DaltonThe Film VerdictStephen DaltonThe Story of Souleymane is more than its individual parts. Scenes fly by, prompted by the move-move-move! ethos of the hustling immigrant. This is a film told close in close quarters. On several occasions, the camera is so close to our hero that you can smell the desperation coming off his skin, which, as richly and darkly lensed by Tristan Galand, is mutedly lustrous.