Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The 2011 film “The Intouchables” is not a classic of French cinema. But the sentimental saga of friendship between an African immigrant and a wealthy ...

While illegal immigration grabs political headlines in the United States, it is a major global human and social concern for those caught between borders while escaping war and poverty to seek a better ...

A milestone in big-budget French cinema, Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's latest leverages Omar Sy's appeal to bring immigration struggles into the mainstream. Given the country’s widespread ...

French filmmakers Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledo scored big in 2012 with their drama The Intouchables, which managed Hollywood-proportion numbers at the international box office and even totaled well ...

It has been said that comedy is tragedy plus time, a motto that operates under the assumption that tragedy as it unfolds is painful, but in hindsight can be appreciated for its appropriate irony or ...

Film contributor Milos Stehlik sits down with Omar Sy, star of the new film “Samba.” It’s the latest film by the team that brought us “The Intouchables. 'Samba' tells the story of an undocumented ...

Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano‘s (shown above at middle and right with Omar Sy) Intouchables was France’s record-breaking Oscar hopeful in 2012 and did make the January shortlist. An infectious ...

Eric Toledano: After “Intouchables” we got flooded with all kind of offers. We were approached by companies like Working Title… We could have gone in many different directions but ultimately we ...

Samba migrated to France 10 years ago from Senegal, and has since been plugging away at various lowly jobs. Alice is a senior executive who has recently undergone a burnout. Both struggle to get out ...

This is a reprint of our review from the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Samba (Omar Sy) has been in France for 10 years, mostly working as a dishwasher and trying to climb up the ladder to ...

In “Jurassic World,” a movie about undocumented workers (the dinosaurs) adjusting to life, and theme park employment, in their adopted home, Omar Sy takes a supporting role, backing up the heroics of ...

Brazilian photographer and jazz aficionado Jefferson Mello connects the New World’s two most lasting musical genres via their African roots in the enjoyable, upbeat “Samba & Jazz.” Shuttling between ...