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A realistic and straightforward social drama is bolstered by a strong lead performance and accurate depictions of the unique burdens the informal economy can impose on those already struggling. Everyone Souleymane (Abou Sangare) meets has an angle. The Guinean immigrant is a con man who cycles through the streets of Paris at all hours of the night, delivering food to raise the money needed to buy asylum papers and submit them to OFPRA (the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons). But while he has surrounded himself with a community of African immigrants who, in theory, are willing to guide him through the process, everyone's service comes at a price. And the services themselves aren't exactly worthy of boasting. Director: Boris Lojkine Writers: Boris Lojkine, Delphine Agut Stars: Abou Sangare, Alpha Oumar Sow, Nina Meurisse Without legal citizenship, he can't create his own account on any of the food delivery apps, so an acquaintance is kind enou...