Resident in France for 10 years, Senegalese immigrant Samba faces an obstacle course of emotional swings and roundabouts.

Bracing and laugh-aloud funny, co-directors Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano's tailor-made marriage of opposites is uplifting but never sanctimonious.

As the eye of the celebratory storm of a grand wedding reception in a French chateau, fed-up planner Max is tossed every which way by forces beyond his control.