Saturday, February 15 • 8pm
L’histoire de Souleymane (Souleymane’s Story)
Boris Lojkine, H264, 93 min
France / Guinea, 2024 (French, Peul, Malinke)
Jury Prize & Best Actor – Un Certain Regard, 2024 Cannes Festival
Midwest premiere
In this migrant’s odyssey, Souleymane has fled Guinea seeking a better life to care for his sick mother and reached Paris after surviving the crossing of the Sahara and the Mediterranean. With his asylum interview 2 days away, he must memorize the story he is coached to tell as he struggles with society’s uberization, pedaling to deliver meals against the clock.
Co-sponsored by the Institute of World Affairs