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Credit : Tiktok screenshot – Abou Sangaré.
Orange jacket, driving a machine, the young Guinean actor films himself working on a construction site.
Who is Abou Sangaré?
He had moved the entire public Caesars last year. Abou Sangaré had won at just 23 the César for Best Male Revelation for his role in “The Story of Souleymane”.
Released in 2024the film highlights the life of a young Guinean recently arrived at Paris to allow him to improve the situation of his sick mother. Bicycle delivery man, we follow him during the preparation of his request for asylum.
Inspired by the actor’s life
The screenplay of the film is partially inspired by the actor’s life. Arrived in France at 16 Abou Sangaré, also try to help his sick mother. After three regularization requests refusedit is targeted by a OQTF (obligation to leave French Territory). After the release of the film, he received a first residence permit.
For the young man, his job is mechanic and not actor. But he continues to receive scripts, go through casting calls and succeed in them. The problem : his irregular residence permit does not allow him to access these roles or to train in a theater or cinema school, as he confides to West France.
Why does the video provoke a reaction?
Two years later “The Story of Souleymane” who denounces the complex daily life asylum seekersthe actor’s life, in this respect, has not changed. He lives in a way precarious and has no still no regular residence permit, while he got one of the greatest awards in French cinema.
Internet users point fingers the hypocrisy of the French administration. While Geoges Clooney recently obtained the French nationality while he only spent 4 years in France, Abou Sangaré after 9 years in France still does not have a regular residence permit.
