Overview

• The film traces a Guinean immigrant’s high-stakes, two-day odyssey through Paris as he prepares for an OFPRA asylum interview.
• Critics praise Abou Sangaré’s award-winning turn for its understated intensity and emotional authenticity.
• Boris Lojkine’s screenplay critiques a system that demands fabricated trauma narratives from asylum seekers to secure protection.
• The story exposes gig economy exploitation as Souleymane rents a delivery account, forfeiting half his earnings under algorithmic threats.
• Tristan Galand’s blue-hued, medium-shot cinematography underscores the protagonist’s isolation and urgency ahead of its August 1 theatrical debut.