Film Review: ‘Samba’ Reviewed at Toronto Film Festival (Gala Presentations), Sept. 6, 2014. (Also in San Sebastian Film Festival — closer, noncompeting.) Running time: 119 MIN.

Their follow-up—and fifth feature together—is Samba, an involving and humorous dramedy that made its debut at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Finally ready to hit theaters stateside, we ...

The plotting is predictable but the film has heart and charm all the same. Sy plays Samba with a sense of wounded innocence, as a decent man who can't understand how bureaucracy can be so cruel.

Directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano reteamed with their Intouchables breakout star Omar Sy for the upcoming Samba. Their highly-anticipated follow-up to the $426M-grossing 2012 sensation ...