Souleymane's Story (15)

Presented in association with Borderlines Film Festival

Delivery cyclist, Souleymane, an immigrant from Guinea, pedals the streets of Paris at full pelt delivering meals for a pittance, crashing in hostels and clinging to hope that he will somehow pass an imminent asylum interview and bring some certainty to his punishing life. Abou Sangaré turns in a brilliant performance as the driven cyclist who must pay for tutoring so that he can pitch his asylum spiel in exactly the right way. But is he ready? Boris Lojkine’s film gained traction at last year’s Cannes Film festival in the Un Certain Regard section where it won the Jury and Best Actor prizes.

(A Guardian Top 50 of 2025 film)