Samba is a weird mixture that doesn't exactly (to put it mildly) come off. But then I didn't really think Intouchables particularly wonderful: there's a gap between reality and fantasy that the co-directors don't seem to have grasped, although they've certainly grasped the money. That, I'm sure, is the crux of the issue. Samba (Omar Sy) is a guy from Senegal, living with his uncle, who appears to have settled down with a permanent job in France, although when he applies for a carte de sejour he's sent to a detention centre on a temporary basis. There, he meets volontary worker Alice (Charlotte Gainsbourg), who is, after some trauma. beginning to reintegrate with the world, and she begins to find a mutual attraction to Samba. Things don't begin to fall apart here, although in the end this film can't decide if it's about immigrants' problems or just chooses to be an unrealistic romantic comedy ducking all the real social problems. Which is a pity. I laughed out loud at times, but these issues are no laughing matter.
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